…(Reverie | Satellite) The moon in a dream represents a just ruler, his chief minister, a great scholar, a handsome looking boy, a tyrant, or a liar. Seeingthe moon as it is in the skies in a dream represents the chief minister of the land. Seeing the moon sitting in one’s lap in a dream means getting married. Sitting in the moonlight and talking to one’s friend in a dream means reverie and idle talk. If a woman sees that the moon has fallen inside her house, then if she takes it and wraps it in a swaddle in a dream, it means that she will beget a son who will shortly die after his birth and she will suffer great sorrow from his loss. Seeing the moon turned to the dark side in a dream means dismissal of the chief minister from his post. Seeing the moon advancing…

…(Lunar months | 1- Muharram | 2- Safar | 3- Rab’i-‘ul Awal | 4- Rab’i’u Than’I | 5- Jamadul Awwal | 6- Jamadu Thani | 7- Rajab | 8- ShaTaan | 9- Ramadan | 10- Shawwal | 11- Zul-Qi’dah | 12- Zul-H.ijjah) Seeing a dream during the month of Muharram means that the dream is most true as it is seen. Thus, having a dream during the month of Muharram could be even called a vision and it never fails. Such a dream means success, relief from difficulties, release from a prison, or recovering from an illness. If the person had retreated from his town, he will return to it. This interpretation is based on the story of God’s prophet Jonah, upon whom be peace, after he emerged from the belly of the whale. Perhaps the person in the dream may face a great spiritual challenge in his life,…

…A mountain in a dream represents a great and a noble man who possesses a strong and a commandingvoice, who commands good administration of his affairs and an excellent leadership. It also can be interpreted as a son, a difficult and austere woman, or a businessman. If the mountain is rounded or flat in the dream, it means difficulties or distress. A mountain in a dream also could mean achieving one’s goal, a journey, or fulfilling a promise. If the mountain is standing distinct from other mountains in the dream, the above meanings become stronger. If the mountain has pasture and stores a source of water, and if it is used as a permanent guarding post, then it represents a pious ruler. However, if it stores no water, and if no pasture grows therein in the dream, it represents a tyrant and a ruler who is an atheist, for…

…A monkey in a dream represents someone with every type of faults. Fighting with a monkey and beating him in a dream means falling sick then recovering from one’s illness. If the monkey wins the fight, then it means falling to an illness that has no cure. A monkey in a dream also represents a sinner and a criminal. Monkey’s bite in a dream represents a fight or having an argument with someone. A monkey in a dream also represents a deceitful person, a sorcerer, or an illness. If one becomes a monkey in a dream, it means profiting from sorcery, or engaging in adultery. A monkey in a dream also represents a defeated enemy. Riding on the back of a monkey in a dream means winning a war against one’s enemy. Eating monkey’s flesh in a dream means suffering from depression, becoming poor, alcoholic, deprived, or suffering from…

…(Jami | Masjid) The main city mosque or the central mosque in a dream represents the king, the governor, or the ruler of a Muslim country, since he takes care of establishing the divine laws as well as he is the symbol of Islam and the decisive judge between the lawful and the unlawful. Smelling an apple inside a mosque means getting married. A mosque in a dream is like the central market that people intend daily and endeavor to make profit therein. It is a place where people will profit according to their deeds and efforts. A mosque in a dream also represents one who is to be obeyed, respected and revered such as a father, a teacher, a shaikh or a man of knowledge. It also asserts justice if one who enters a mosque in his dream is unjustly treated. The main city mosque in a dream…

…(Rodent | Thief | Woman) A mouse in a dream represents a dissolute and a sinful woman, a thief, or someone who feels flattered at exposing people’s private life. To see a large family of mice in one’s house in a dream means money and prosperity. If one sees a mouse playing inside his house where there is plenty of food in a dream, it means relief and money. If a mouse leaves one’s house in a dream, it means that blessings will depart from that house and its earnings will diminish. Owning a pet mouse in a dream means having a servant or a housekeeper. A black mouse and a white mouse in a dream represent the night and the day. Seeing a mouse of either black or white color going about its own business in the daylight in a dream means longevity. If one sees a mouse…

…(Cellar) In a dream, one’s mouth represents his life from inception to completion. One’s mouth in a dream also represents the course of one’s livelihood and the source of his strength. Putting medicine in one’s mouth in a dream means correcting one’s life for the better. If one puts food in his mouth in a dream, it means worldly gains and profits, unless one puts something that tastes bad, or which is spoiled, then it means losses, distress and depression. Putting good and tasty food or sweets in one’s mouth in a dream means living a happy and a rich life. If one’s mouth is buckled in a dream, it means death, sickness, dumbness, silence, helplessness, or defeat. If one’s mouth looks larger than usual in the dream, it denotes growth and greater benefits, but if one’s mouth looks smaller in the dream, then it means the opposite. If…

…If anyone dream that he sees the moon shine, it shows that his wife loves him extremely well; it also implies the getting of silver; for, as the sun represents gold, so the moon doth silver. Dreaming you see the moon darkened, denotes the death or sickness of your wife, mother, sister, or daughter; loss of money, or danger in a voyage or journey, especially if it be by water; or else it denotes a distemper in the brain or eyes. To dream you see the moon darkened, and grow clear and bright again, implies gain to the woman that dreams, and to the man joy and prosperity; but to dream that you see the moon clear, and afterwards cloudy, presages the contrary. To dream you see the moon in the form of a full white face, implies to the virgin speedy marriage; to the married woman, that she…

…(Bones | Banana | Brass | Bread | Coin | Dirt | Dough | Pennies | Pie | Poison) A plated coin in a dream means lies, falsehood, or triviality. To shower someone with money in a dream means listening to a filthy conversation, or imperson- ating someone. Money in a dream also means vain talk, or missing one’s prayers. If one sees himself swallowing a coin of money in a dream, it means that he will betray his trust. Money in a dream is also interpreted as knowledge, faith, guidance, or becoming a government employee. Giving money away in a dream means dispelling agony, difficulties or burdens. If one receives money in his dream, it means that he is entrusted with something. Handling one to four coins in a dream is a lucky number. Money in a dream is also interpreted as women’s talk. Having a lot of…

…In a dream, the morning represents the fulfillment of a promise, or it could mean an unavoidable happening. If one sees himself unhappy and miserable in the morning hours in a dream, it will denote a low spiritual state, lack of religious coherence, or it could mean sinfulness. If an honest person sees the morning in his dream, it could mean either glad tidings of a new born if he is generous, or loss of his wealth if he is stingy. If a farmer sees the morning in a dream, it means a penalty, a punishment, or financial losses for that year. If one loses something then finds it in the morning in his dream, it means that he will provide a proof that will inculpate his enemy. If a sick person sees the morning in his dream, it means either recovering from his illness, or it could mean…

…(God’s prophet Moses, upon whom be peace.) If one sees God’s prophet Moses, upon whom be peace, in a dream, it means that God Almighty will destroy a tyrant at his hands. Following that, the person seeing the dream will rise in station, continue to attain one victory after another, and he will never be humiliated or defeated. Seeing Moses (uwbp) in a dream also denotes the strength of righteous people, and the inevitable defeat of iniquitous people. If at the time of seeing a dream with God’s prophet Moses (uwbp) there exist a tyrant or an ungodly leader, it means that God Almighty will destroy him, and one will be saved from his evil. If someone in authority becomes Moses (uwbp) in a dream, or if he wears one of his cloaks, it means that he will vanquish his enemy and fulfill what his heart desires. If one…

…Dream of the moon represents something hidden, mystery with a feminine aspect of your inner-self. It also symbolizes the cycles of life, dependency, indirect knowledge, mobility, growth, imagination, the subconscious, the psychic and everything that is receptive and impressionable. Dreams of the moon are related to all feminine and fruitful things, especially with love and romance. Dream of a cloudy moon in a dark night is signal of misfortunes and losses. Dream of crescent moon indicates changes, renewal, and the cyclical movement. You are smoothly progressing towards your path. Dream of first quarter moon represents a burning love growing at times. Dream of a landscape illuminated by the moon indicates a romantic love. The phases of the moon indicate the evolution degree. Full moon means ends and goals. The bright and beautiful full moon means new romance, joy and peace. The new moon symbolizes new projects or business to…

…When a woman dreams of money, especially in abundance, it suggests that she wants to marry a rich man, or if the woman is already married, she longs for her husband to become rich. Dreaming of finding money lying on the floor or in any other way, indicates shortage of money and also small concerns, but later happiness will come because there will be changes in the dreamer’s life. Dreaming of paying money suggests that the business and affairs being handled will go from bad to worse. Dreaming of saving and keeping money insinuates prosperity in the near future. Dreaming that money was lost announces sadness and difficulties for the dreamer and the dreamer’s home. Dreaming of counting money and realizing that there’s missing money, indicates concerns for inability to pay debts. Dreaming of getting money without any apparent cause is a risk of falling into the wrong and…

…(Abdomen | Anus | Aorta | Back | Bones | Brain | Breasts | Buttocks | Chest | Earlock | Ears | Eyes | Eyebrows | Face | Feet | Fingers | Fingernails | Forehead | Hand | Head | Heart | Heels | Intestines | Jugular vein | Kidney | Knee | Legs | Limb | Lip | Livers | Loins | Lungs | Marrow | Mouth | Nails | Navel | Neck | Nerves | Nose | Rear end | Ribs | Penis | Sexual organs | Shoulders | Skin | Spinal column | Spleen | Stomach | Temple | Testicles | Thighs | Throat | Tongue | Umbilicus | Veins) In a dream, the head and the brain represent man’s controller, strength, benefits, longevity, wisdom or power. One’s ears in a dream represent his wife, daughter, sister or aunt. The eyes represent one’s faith, religion or…

…(arb. God’s House | Mosque | Place of worship) In Arabic, the word masjid means a place of prostration, while the word Jami means a place of gathering. A masjid or a mosque in a dream represents a scholar and its gates represent men of knowledge and the guardians, or the attendants of God’s House. Building a masjid in a dream means emulating the traditions of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace, fostering the unity of one’s family, or becoming a judge, should one qualify for such an office. A masjid filled with people in a dream represents a gnostic, a man of knowledge and wisdom, or a preacher who invites people to his house, advises them, brings their hearts together, teaches them the precepts of their religion and explains the wisdom behind the divine revelations. Seeing a masjid being demolished in a dream means that such a gnostic,…

…Dreaming of finding money, denotes small worries, but much happiness. Changes will follow. To pay out money, denotes misfortune. To receive gold, great prosperity and unalloyed pleasures. To lose money, you will experience unhappy hours in the home and affairs will appear gloomy. To count your money and find a deficit, you will be worried in making payments. Dreaming that you steal money, denotes that you are in danger and should guard your actions. To save money, augurs wealth and comfort. Dreaming that you swallow money, portends that you are likely to become mercenary. To look upon a quantity of money, denotes that prosperity and happiness are within your reach. Dreaming you find a roll of currency, and a young woman claims it, foretells you will lose in some enterprise by the interference of some female friend. The dreamer will find that he is spending his money unwisely and…

…Finding money in a dream means that soon you’ll receive very pleasant news related to your economic situation. Finding money also indicates the pursuit of love or power. Counting money indicates profit and luck. See others have money means you have big material losses. Lose money in a dream means serious disease or death. It may also mean temporary unhappiness at home and some setbacks in your affairs. You may feel weak, vulnerable and out of control in your daily life. Making money in a dream symbolizes success and prosperity. It can also mean your attitudes about love and the heart. It is often a symbol of sexuality and energy. To dream that you give money to someone else means you’re looking for love, or feel that your partner does not pay enough attention to you. Dream that you have no money denotes that you have a fear of…

…If a young person dreams about the moon, it suggest that he/she is exploiting his/her age or romantic era, and that he/she is full of illusions, including love illusions. Overall, dreaming about the moon means that you’re acting very slowly and in a negligently way, and that will lead you to failures. In some cases, to dream about the moon indicates that you are not addressing your everyday problems because you ignore them, and such situation is leading you to make mistakes and to failure. When superstitious people dream about the moon, it generally means that a distant person is cursing them. This interpretation is only a consequence of their superstition and perhaps because they fear the dark. To dream about a full moon in a calm sky announces that your plans will be successful if you work with determination. To dream that the moon is somewhat opaque and…

…To see the moon in brilliant clearness: for a wife means love and good health, for a husband symbolizes increase in wealth. See the new moon, means advancement in business. In its decline, the illness of some great person. See the moon as a halo around the head, pardon and deliverance through intervention of a female. If moon is color of red, then it means voyage, journey. Dull and obscure moon denotes unfortunate or illness of wife, mother, sister or daughter loss of money, or peril on a journey (particularly if it is by sea), brain fever, and disease of your eyes. When obscure moon was seen in a dream and becoming bright, then it denotes profit if the dreamer is a woman, if a man, joy and happiness. From clearness to pass to obscurity means loss to a woman, sadness and misfortune to a man. See two moons,…

…Shaving, clipping or adjusting one’s moustache in a dream means lessening one’s burdens. A moustache in a dream also means money. A bad cut in one’s moustache in a dream means a mishap or losing money. Having an unusually long moustache in a dream means going against the currents, or it could mean an illness that will deprive one from eating solid food, or it could mean religious innovation. A long and an ugly looking moustache in a dream means difficulties, sorrows, distress, becoming an alcoholic, refusing to surrender to others what belongs to them, or refusing to pay charity, or pretending to ignore the necessity to pay the obligatory alms tax. Shaving one’s moustache in a dream for someone who follows that trend means comfort and dispelling sorrows. If one dislikes to shave his moustache and sees himself shaving it in a dream, it means that he will…

To dream of losing money denotes losses in business. To find money, if gold, or large bank bills, is a good omen, and signifies success in all your undertakings; but to dream you find small silver or copper coin foretells a discovery made too late to be of any benefit to you. To dream you are melting or see money melted or bank bills burned, presages disappointment in some cherished design. To dream you throw money away foretells chagrin and want. To dream you change money foretells inconstancy in a lover or sweetheart. To dream you have money given or paid to you, implies success in love affairs, and much domestic happiness. To dream of counterfeit money is a bad omen, and foretells quarrels, sickness, and secret enemies; it also presages domestic unhappiness. To dream of money in bags or boxes, also denotes misfortune of some kind.

…Symbolizes the cycles of life, dependency, indirect knowledge, mobility, growth, imagination, the subconscious, the psychic and everything that is receptive and impressionable. In dreams the moon relates to all things female and fruitful, especially with love and romance. The phases of the moon will indicate the degree of evolution in the omen. To dream of a landscape illuminated by the moon indicates love and romance. If the moon is new it speaks of harmony, a love that is just being. If it’s crescent it is a burning love that grows by the moment. The full moon indicates the culmination of love. A waning moon means mature love that stimulates the wish to become a parent. The moon surrounded by a halo is an omen of sorrow. An eclipse of the moon indicates love problems that can turn into a complete breakup….

…(Flesh | Knowledge | Money | Substance | Wealth) Cooked meat in a dream means money. Eating raw meat in a dream means illness and pain. Eating raw meat in a dream also may mean benefits. Seeing raw meat and not eating from it in a dream could have adverse meaning. Eating cooked meat in a dream means increase in one’s wealth. Eating a meat dish with an old man in a dream means becoming renowned, or entering the inner circle of a governor. Buying meat from the butcher in a dream means adversities. Tender meat in a dream mean death or backbiting. Eating the flesh of a human being in a dream means backbiting him. Eating one’s own flesh in a dream means earning money from one’s own sweat. If a woman eats the flesh of another woman in a dream, it means that they are lesbians. If…

Mother in a dream symbolizes life and death. The mother is security, shelter, warmth, tenderness; but she also represents the risk of oppression and suffocation. When the mother appears in dreams the dreamer situation is particularly important for good or bad. To dream about our mother, reveals deep anxiety states. Travelling with her means the desire to recover certain keys of our life rooted in childhood. To hear her call indicates sadness at her absence or a guilty conscience. To fight with mother implies the need and deep desire to do without her tutelage, to gain maturity and independence. An incestuous dream with our mother indicates insecurity and fear, and desire to return to childhood to feel protected and pampered. To dream our mother is dead when in reality she is alive reveals the desire to emancipate from home and her care.

…(Curse | Omen | Policeman | Warning sign) In a dream, thunder without rain means a scare, a warning or an ultimatum. It also represents good promises, gracious orders, or the sound of drums. Seeing thunder in a dream means repayment of one’s debts, and for a sick person, it means recovering from his illness. Thunder, lightening and rain in a dream represent fear for a traveller, or the greed of a merchant. Hearing about an awesome blast in a distant land in a dream means that the dwellers of that place will be struck with a major calamity or sudden mass casualties. The sound of thunder in a dream represents a murder, a fight, a dispute, an argument, lack of religious atten- dance, loss of money, or the release of a prisoner. A thunderstorm with rain when needed in a dream represents a good harvest for that year…

…(Armor | Protection) Fasting in a dream represents vows and offerings. Interrupting the fast in a dream means an illness, a journey or backbiting someone. If one interrupts his obligatory fast through forgetfulness in a dream, it means that he will receive a pleasing gift or money. Fasting in a dream also means honor, rising in station, or it could mean repentance from sin, repayment of a debt, penitence for a sinner or begetting a son. Observing the obligatory fast of the month of Ramadan in a dream means understanding something about which one has doubt or recognizing the truth without falsification or distortion. If one finds that he is the only person observing the obligatory fast in the dream, and if he is unlettered, it means that he will memorize the Holy Qur’an, attain a spiritual maturity and receive glad tidings. This dream also indicates that he is…

…Dreaming of seeing the moon with the aspect of the heavens remaining normal, prognosticates success in love and business affairs. A weird and uncanny moon, denotes unpropitious lovemaking, domestic infelicities and disappointing enterprises of a business character. The moon in eclipse, denotes that contagion will ravage your community. To see the new moon, denotes an increase in wealth and congenial partners in marriage. For a young woman Dreaming that she appeals to the moon to know her fate, denotes that she will soon be rewarded with marriage to the one of her choice. If she sees two moons, she will lose her lover by being mercenary. If she sees the moon grow dim, she will let the supreme happiness of her life slip for want of womanly tact. To see a blood red moon, indicates war and strife, and she will see her lover march away in defence of…

…In a dream, a money exchanger represents knowledge, poetry, speaking the right words, richness after poverty, a school, the fellowship of a wise man, or a scale. In a dream, a money exchanger also could represent someone who has knowledge, though no one benefit from what he knows except in mundane matters. His work relates to scientific writings, scientific argu- ments, dispute of authority, or questions and answers. Perhaps his only balance or criterion is his own judgment. His balance represents his tongue and ears. His weights are his only instrument for justice and judgment. His measuring pennies are his fights with people. A money exchanger in a dream also represents a religious doctor or a scholar who takes religious questions and interprets their definitions. He also could be a dream interpreter who measures everything he takes in and gives an appropriate answer. He takes a pearl necklace for…

…Dreaming of distant monkeys usually refers to distant relatives or friends who are in a difficult moral situation and that will soon ask for advice or help. Dreaming of small monkeys, who are fidgeting nervously and climbing trees, suggests that there are hypocrites near the dreamer that are trying to hurt him or her, or to at least annoy the dreamer. Dreaming of monkeys that are nearby and that are shouting, moving and jumping, implies upcoming disappointments because of gossip and intrigue by fake friends. Dreaming of quiet and indifferent monkeys indicates that the dreamer suffers from a growing depression. Dreaming of monkeys, who are grabbing something and then running with it and eating it, is a warning that the dreamer could be a victim of robbery. Dreaming of monkeys that are looking directly at the dreamer, is like looking in a mirror that suggests that the dreamer does…

…In a dream, an earthquake represents fear of a higher authority. An earthquake in a dream is also interpreted to indicate major changes in that particular place, or a calamity that will befall a town or a country. If one sees the mountains rumbling, shaking and crumbling, then being restored to their original state in a dream, it means that a great happening will devastate such a place. If one sees the earth shaking or caving in, and if everything sinks into the ground, hitting a segment of the community and sparing another segment of it in the dream, it means that a calamity will befall that place, and it will manifest through social disorder, injustices or a plague. If one sees the earth shaking and the firmament rent asunder in a dream, it means that major adversities will hit their properties, cattle, farms and institutions, etcetera, as a…

If you see the fool moon at night while dreaming, then such dream signifies misery and tranquillity. The full moon is also an omen of richness. The moon that is not full foreshadows the unfaithfulness from your spouse partner. The two of you are not fully happy, therefore your partner will look for the comfort somewhere else. The moon that is in eclipse signifies the necessity of help from your friends. If you see yourself looking at the moon with your sweetheart, you will become happy and stay loved forever by this person. The joy and love will finally be in your life. If you are feeling afraid of the moonlight, you will have small problems that will be easily solvable.

…To dream about your mother, who has already passed away, and that she’s behaving in her natural state, suggests superior protection that will help you succeed. To dream that you’re talking with your mother insinuates upcoming good news about your job, business, etc. To dream about your dead mother announces sorrows, frustrations, failures, etc. To dream that your mother calls you indicates that you’re not behaving entirely correct and will get in trouble. To dream that your mother is crying at home indicates that something is very wrong and you’re at risk of experiencing hardships, diseases and other discontents….

…In a dream, hair represents money and longevity. If a rich person ties a strand of hair to a bun of his own in a dream, it means increase of his wealth and growth of his business based on a business loan or a mortgage. If a poor person sees that in a dream, it means that he will borrow money to pay for his debts and still borrow more money to pay for his daily expenses. If one sees his straight hair frizzed or curled in a dream, it means that he will be honored, and if he sees his frizzed hair straight in a dream, it means that he will suffer from humiliation or lose his rank. If one with a straight and lanky hair sees it longer than usual in a dream, it means that money belonging to someone for whom he works will be distributed,…

It symbolizes things we desire intimately. If we desire to get money it symbolizes desire towards a person of another gender. To find a treasure and fear being seen taking it is a reference to illicit relationships. To buy something and be given more money or find money means that what we bought had a value higher than we imagined, in the moral, material, or sentimental sense. If our lover steals money from us it means we exaggerate our love sacrificing things that are also important. To lose money indicates we fear losing something very dear.

The mouse is the animal of curiosity. The dreamer who sees the mouse in his dream is a person who gets his nose into others business. The mouse could also indicate silly and minor problems the one will have to deal with. The mouse that scares you, means that you will be shocked by ridiculous things in your waking life. The mouse could also symbolize some individual in your life that is quite annoying and makes you feel bad.

…In a dream, blood represents unlawful or illegal money, or an evil act that will emanate from the person seeing the dream. If one sees himself dragging his feet through puddles of blood in a dream, it means that he will finance his business from unlawfully earned money, profit from an illegal business or commit a major sin then be caught. If one sees blood staining his shirt in a dream, it means that someone will lie to him, though he will not recognize it. If his shirt is stained with blood or pus from pimples in a dream, it means that a thief will lie to him. If his shirt is stained with the blood of a lion in a dream, it means that an iniquitous person in authority will lie to him and take advantage of him. If his shirt is stained with the blood of a…

If you dream that you have lots of money, it means that you wish to become rich and fulfil all of your needs. If you see lots of money that do not belong to you, you will get disappointed soon. If you stole the money that are not yours, you will be sorry for your own affairs. If you lost the money, you will make some decisions that will make you feel guilty. On the other hand, losing the money means the opposite, you will receive the big amount of it.

…(Ibex | Oryx | Sasin | Wild goat) In a dream, a mountain goat represents a foreigner who will be passing by one’s town. Catching a mountain goat in a dream means receiving money from a king or from a wealthy and a powerful person, for the mountain in a dream represents such a person and the goat represents the prize. Looking at a mountain goat in a dream means slandering a person who holds an important position in the government and who is well connected with the ruler. Catching a mountain goat in a dream means harm and sufferings, though eating its meat in a dream means that one will receive money from such a person. (Also see Oryx)…

See a mouth in a dream means the need to express or talk about an awkward situation. On the other hand, you may have talked too much and should keep your mouth shut. Dreaming about washing your mouth indicates you will have to readjust your personal or professional life, if you really want to achieve specific goals. If the mouth is very small, then it means that someone is speaking badly of you. If the mouth is big means that you will be commended for some work you have done. If you dream you have bad breath is that you have or will have a temporary discomfort.

Dreaming of climbing a mountain is a good dream, and it indicates self-improvement with probabilities of success. But if the dreamer fails in his attempt of going up the mountain and falls, then it indicates the opposite. When a young woman dreams of climbing a mountain in company of a male relative, it suggests that she will be the victim of gossip and slander. However, if she seems tired and she refuses the man’s help or other people’s help, it indicates that in real life she’ll waste the opportunity of self-improvement. Dreaming of climbing a mountain covered with lush vegetation is a symbol that there will be improvement in matters that are being handled. But if the mountain is rugged, without any vegetation, and the dreamer does not get to the summit, then it indicates that the dreamer must work hard to achieve his or her goals.