…(Ali bin Abi Talib, God bless his countenance, cousin and son in-law of God’s Messenger, upon whom be peace.) Seeing him in a dream means victory over one’s enemy. Seeing him in a place or a mosque where people are mourning him or performing the funeral prayer on him or carrying his coffin or prostrating to him in a dream means becoming a Shia or gathering one’s strength for a rebellion or to create divisiveness, or it could mean hypocrisy. If a scholar sees him in a dream, it means that he will earn increased knowledge, asceticism, reverence and strength. Seeing him in a dream also means capture by one’s enemy, migrating from one country to another and mostly to die as a martyr. Seeing Ali in a dream also means having a blessed progeny, vanquishing one’s enemy, presiding over the believers, hardships during travels, booty, manifestation of blessings…

When containing something means money. When empty one indicates frustration and loss. (See coffin.)

…through prayers. Finding a key in a dream means finding a treasure, or profits from a farmland. If a wealthy person finds a key in his dream, it means that he owes alms tax and he should immediately distribute what he owes, pay charities and repent for his sins. Holding to the key of the holy Ka’aba in a dream means working for a ruler or an Imam. If a woman receives keys in a dream, it means her betrothal. Having difficulty to open a door, even with a key in a dream means hindrances in one’s business, or failure to attain one’s goal. A key in a dream also represents new knowledge for a scholar or a learned person. Putting a key inside a door in a dream means placing a deceased person inside his coffin or grave, or it could mean having sexual intercourse with one’s wife….

…another man and forcing him to accept it in a dream represents one’s funeral, and it means that the other person will have no choice but to carry the coffin. If the person carrying him in the dream is willingly doing so, then it means that he will care for his needs and bear his encumbrance. Riding over someone’s shoulders in a dream also means facing an major adversity. Should he meanwhile fall down in the dream, it means that such a trial will not take place. If one sees himself riding over someone’s shoulder backward in a dream, it means that he does not accept any advice or excuse, or it may mean that he turns to the other side if he is asked for help, or it may mean that he engages in the forbidden sexual intercourse during women’s menstrual period, or that he engages in sodomy. To…

…(Noah’s arc. See Coffin | Ship)…

A dead one means bad omen, destruction, loss or ruin. To talk with the dead means impossibility or powerlessness to solve certain conflicts. To watch the death of a person who is already dead is sign of an excessive passion. A dead person inside a coffin represents problems that are hard to overcome. To bury the dead foretells fatal events and adversities.

…way in this manner, when I suddenly saw, stretched across our track, a white coffin which rose up on end, and shook off its lid, and disclosed to my startled eyes a man, clad from head to foot in red tights. Stepping out from his prison, he placed his fingers in his mouth and whistled shrilly, whereupon the scene once more changed and I found myself back again in the forest, sitting at the foot of a huge, black tree, with the red man opposite me. “You are fond of music? He said,” Then listen!” and placing a flute to his lips, he blew. The most ghastly, the most hellish of noises rang through the forest, and, ere my shocked senses had time to recover I found myself once again in motion — this time on my own legs — with all the trees, headed by the red man, in…

Buying a cradle or sitting in a cradle in a dream means blessings, grace, profits and comfort. A cradle in a dream also represents a stepson or the stepchild of a young woman. For men, a cradle in a dream signifies sorrow, distress, imprisonment or a small and restrictive dwellings. As for an unmarried man, seeing a cradle in a dream means that he will get married. As for a woman, seeing a cradle in a dream means that she will bear a child, and it could mean distress, trouble, adversities, uptightness, lamentation and crying. In a dream, a cradle also represents singing, an amusement club, an argument or a dispute. A cradle in a dream also represents a coffin. (Also see Cage | Cradle of Ismail)

…If one sees himself being buried after his death in a dream, it means that he will undertake a long journey during which he will be short of money. If one sees himself being buried alive and if he recognizes the one burying him in the dream, it means that the latter will assault him, oppress him, imprison him or cause him injustice. If he dies in his grave after his burial in the dream, it means that he may die from such sufferings. Should he survive such adversities in the dream, it means that he will escape from such fear, prison or injustice. If he sees the other person driving him to the edge of his grave in a dream, it means that he will lead him to his death, though his name will be praised after his death. If the other person places him inside a coffin

…means debts, or a vicious neighbor. A broken back in a dream means losing one’s strength and power, or it could mean one’s death. If a sick person sees his back broken in a dream, it means that the person who is taking care of him may die shortly, or it could mean that he will suffer from poverty. Carrying burdens over one’s back in a dream means sins. Carrying a coffin or a load of merchandise over one’s back in a dream means carrying forgotten debts that will surface at awkward times. Carrying wood over one’s back in a dream means backbiting, slandering people and reporting lies. Carrying a heavy load over one’s back in a dream also means having many children with little money to sustain them. Seeing a hunchbacked person in a dream means prosperity, longevity or having a large family. (Also see Backbone | Backside |…

…life you’re giving much self-gratification, self-tolerance, self-pity, without correcting your mistakes, you rather prefer to hide them. This dream is usually a warning that you are making serious mistakes, which eventually will cause you problems, including legal issues. If you dream that you’re taken from your coffin, it suggests that you’ll suffer serious damages, but that you will recover your prestige and tranquility within time. To dream that you’re witnessing a funeral announces an unfortunate marriage or disease. To dream that you’re in the funeral of an unknown person announces concerns. If it’s a child or parent’s funeral it usually indicates serious problems of various kinds that will affect the whole family, but fortunately it doesn’t involve death. If you dream that you’re attending a relative’s funeral all dressed in black symbolizes widowhood or at least that you’ll suffer a nervous system condition, reason why you may fear death….

…Dream of kissing a dead person indicates a long life. When you make someone die, then it shows loss or damage. When you see a corpse in a coffin, then it means indigestion. See someone dead who is alive and in good health indicates annoyances, sorrows, loss of lawsuits. To see someone die who is already dead in reality, means approaching of a very rear relative, or a friend, bearing the same Christian name with the deceased. See a dead person who does not speak in a dream, represents to the dreamer that he/she has the same passions and the same destiny like the person he dreamed of. To see or to speak to dead person, means that you should be aware with the situation in your business, especially if the dead one is someone from your friends or relatives. See one dead whom you know is living, means…

…in black in your dream suggests failures and problems in business and other activities that you are taking care of. It also indicates that a person you love a lot can die, or that there can be misunderstandings in the family, which can cause significant material losses. Seeing a corpse in his coffin announces immediate problems, since it refers to something very dear that is lost, like friends, business, jobs, properties, etc. Seeing of the corpses in the dreams indicates distrust of the business and affairs being handled and that there will be sadness and absence from your loved ones. This is a dream mainly had by young people when they suffer or they fear a disappointment. Dreaming of a battlefield covered with fresh dead bodies insinuates wars, battles, disasters that will seriously affect many people, including the dreamer. Seeing the corpse of one or more animals indicates that you…

…To pick up money in dreams signifies impending petty troubles. How often have some, perhaps many, of us in our dreams seen a sovereign on the pavement, and, on greedily picking it up, seen another, and then others, until the whole street — like Whittington’s of yore — seemed paved with gold. And how bitterly disappointed, I venture to think, have most of us been on awakening, to find the golden harvest flown!The finding of a coffin in a dream portends a death, usually that of a child. To find bones presages illness or death….