…in the street or the marketplace in public or in a bathhouse in a dream means a scandal, loss and a curse. Taking ablution at the seashore or in a proper ablution area in a dream means dispelling one’s fear, sorrow or distress. Taking ablution while standing over a friend’s head in a dream means inheriting him. Seeing a friend taking his ablution over one’s head in a dream means suffering harm or a scandal that will be caused by such a friend. Taking ablution in a dream also means dispelling fears, recovering from an illness, paying one’s debts or repenting from sin. Taking ablution with hot water in a dream means falling sick. Wanting to take ablution and failing to find the proper means to perform it in a dream means failure of a project or facing adversities. (Also see Tayammum | Enacting | Prayers | Ritual bath)…

…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…

…out of his adventure. If one sees himself naked in front of people, and if he finds himself embarrassed, or tries desperately to find a cover but to no avail, it signifies loss of property and wealth. If he stands out naked and people keep looking at his private parts in the dream, it means a scandal or suffering from defamation. Nakedness in a dream also could mean divorce, or death of one’s wife. Taking off one’s clothing in a dream means loss of position and prestige, loss of work, demotion, or recovering from an illness. If a sick person sees himself changing his soiled garment in a dream, it means that he will recover from his illness, or escape from an adversity or an accident, or that he will be declared innocent from a false accusation. Nakedness in a dream also means death. As for religious and pious people,…

If you have won the competition in your dream, but haven’t achieved the first place, you will be successful in your waking life, but only at some point. Perhaps the dream suggests you to work even harder and you will be able to achieve more than you think you could.

If you are the winner of some important matter and even achieved the first place, you will achieve more than you expected. Your potentiality at something you do at the moment is even better then you thought of.

…(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…

…Dreaming that you are naked, foretells scandal and unwise engagements. To see others naked, foretells that you will be tempted by designing persons to leave the path of duty. Sickness will be no small factor against your success. Dreaming that you suddenly discover your nudity, and are trying to conceal it, denotes that you have sought illicit pleasure contrary to your noblest instincts and are desirous of abandoning those desires. For a young woman Dreaming that she admires her nudity, foretells that she will win, but not hold honest men’s regard. She will win fortune by her charms. If she thinks herself ill-formed, her reputation will be sullied by scandal. If she dreams of swimming in clear water naked, she will enjoy illicit loves, but nature will revenge herself by sickness, or loss of charms. If she sees naked men swimming in clear water, she will have many admirers….

…(Ablution | Ghusul | Ritual ablution | Wash) A ritual bath (arb. Ghusul. Islamic Law) is customarily performed on a festival day, or before the Friday congregational prayers, before starting a pilgrimage, after recovering from an illness, or is necessitated by the emission of sperms either during one’s sleep or following a marital intercourse. A ritual ablution is also given to a deceased person before his funeral and burial, or otherwise is taken by the undertaker himself after washing the dead. To take a ritual ablution in a dream before the Friday congregational prayers means purifying oneself, washing oneself from sin, repenting from sin, serving one’s parents, or being true to one’s friends. Taking a ritual ablution for any of the above reason during the wintertime and using cold water in the dream means distress, trouble or a sickness. If hot water is used, then it means profits, benefits…

…perhaps tell a real, soft satin from the inferior quality, I’ve heard my wife call papery stuff; but I do know a flaming scarlet velvet bodice with a short yellow skirt and high-heeled patent leathers are as out of place in most gentlemen’s houses as a pair of bishop’s pants would be in mine.”But then, of course, they were Socialists, and there is no accounting for anything, so I have always been told, among that class of people.”Good evening, constable, she said to me, smiling all over her rubicund face and making the trinkets on her bracelets rattle like half-a-dozen bead curtains. ‘My husband and I are so very much obliged to you for taking such care of our house during our absence, and we think the least we can do in return is to invite you to join us at dinner, after which my husband intends making you a…

If you take the shower while dreaming, then such dream indicates your desire to be clean with your thoughts, emotions and environment. Sometimes people who are feeling guilty taking a shower in their dream, because they wish to wash the guilt away. The shower could also represent the new phase of your life. Sometimes the subconscious mind is sending a message to look after you better, than you did until now. You need to let go your past and move on.

…If you took a shower in a dream, then such dream indicates the new beginning of your life, but only in those cases if the water was crystal clear. To be in a shower where the water is dirty and unclean, denotes to the state of the mind which has not been cleared up. The muddy water also promises small unpleasant changes. To take a shower while wearing all of the clothes indicates the changes you have made with yourself, but not the inner ones. On the other hand, the dream in which you wore of the clothes, shows the wall you have made between yourself and others….

To dream about shower curtain is the symbolism of your desire to hide away from the world. If you dream that you have a shower without curtains and you are seen being naked, it means that some part of your life or thoughts is known for the others, but you haven’t been ready for that yet. If you dream that someone walks in while you showering, you will be exposed accidently for something you have done, or your secrets will be revealed.

If you dream that you are naked, it shows the fairs you have. Perhaps you are afraid that your privacy or secrets will be revealed. If you are naked in front of other people and feeling very bad about it, you have self-trust issues that must be fixed. If you are naked and feel confident being so, then such dream signifies the confident you have while being yourself. You are not afraid to be who you are, because you do not need to pretend someone you are not.

…Who has not dreamed of being suddenly bereft of their clothes and of finding themselves in some public place, the cynosure of all eyes, without even so much as a pocket-handkerchief? A dream of this kind happened to someone I know — someone who is much to the fore in society. He dreamed that he and his brother were strutting up and down Bond Street, when he suddenly noticed that everyone was looking at them in a very odd and marked manner. Wondering what it could mean, he hurriedly glanced at his person (the subject of clothes, by the way, was ever uppermost in his mind), and, to his undying shame and horror, saw that he was naked, and so was his brother. In an agony of mind, he caught hold of the latter by the arm and whispered: “For goodness sake, Dick, make for the first cab you…

If you dream of taking the part at some kind of competition and winning the second place, it means that you are doing great in your life and going on the right direction, but only if you feel happy about it. If you do not feel good about it, you have to relax, do whatever you do and enjoy your life. You do not need to be first one in all aspects of your life. Perhaps you are the person who tends to win among the others, therefore you feel sad about it. The second place is the good winning point.

…To dream that you’re preparing or building a hiding place suggests that you fear your enemies or failure. If in the dream you finish constructing such hiding place, and keep something in it, it suggests that you’ll triumph over adversity. To dream that you’re anxiously searching for a hiding place suggests that you’re guilty of doing something wrong….

…upon whom be peace, did return the eye of his companion Qutadah to its place and made his sight sharper than it was by God’s leave, after Qutadah had lost his eye during one of the battles with the unbelievers. If a traveller in the desert sees God’s Prophet (uwbp) in a dream, or if there is drought somewhere, it means that rain will fall and springs will gush forth, as water gushed from between his blessed fingers when he placed his blessed hand over a half filled cup to quench the thirst of an entire army. If calamities, starvation and drought has befallen a land and someone sees Him (uwbp) in a dream, it means that such calamities will be lifted and life will return to normal in that place. If a woman sees him in a dream, it means that she will reach a high spiritual station, honor,…

To dream that you took the third place in some kind of competition, means that you are doing great and the results of your hard work already showing up. If you felt very unhappy, because you won the third place and not the second or first one, then such dream means that you are the person who like to be leader and first in whatever you do. The one who is happy because of accomplishing third place is the person that is happy for any achievement he does. Keep going that way, because you will succeed in your life later on because of your positive attitude towards the life.

To dream of walking about naked, signifies disappointment through your friends and relations; to see a naked woman means honour and joy.

…First we should see if there are sexual implications, in which case the meaning couldn’t be more evident. If that’s not the case, then: seeing ourselves naked equals seeing ourselves free of all hypocrisy. If we feel happy that reflects the tiredness of continually pretending like society imposes. In extreme cases it might reveal the desire to leave all social life. If the nakedness makes us uncomfortable then it reflects hopelessness, an impotence we experiment, socially or professionally. It can also represent shame of our own body. If we see other people naked it might mean sexual desire, or the desire to know the thoughts and intentions of others about us….

…To dream that you’re naked indicates honesty and sincerity of emotions; it also means that you crave pleasures and passions. On the other hand, it can mean your fear of being discovered and exposed on your activities. A dream that you suddenly discover your nudity and are trying to cover it, means your vulnerability to a situation. To see someone naked in a dream and you are disgusted by it, means that you have some anxiety to discover the truth about a person or situation. It can also foresee illicit love affairs….

Others naked show wealth, but yourself naked is shame.

Dream of being in a place represents your need to belong and security. The dream of address indicates to you a place of safety, where someone will protect you.

If you dream that you receive the medal for something, but it isn’t the first place in the competition, it shows that you are going very well while dealing with your life. If you are not satisfied with your medal, because you wanted to receive the medal for the first place, then such dream shows that you are not happy with what you have achieved. The dream could also mean that you are too competitive and should relax and enjoy the life as it is. Don’t push yourself too hard.

If one dreams he sees a soft shower, without storm, tempest, or wind, it signifies gain, continued heavy rains denotes quarrels.

If it is a comfortable temperature, it indicates power and will to succeed. If shower is not pleasant, difficulties in achieving success.

…When you dream of baby shower symbolizes that you are going to have a new start. This is the period of time when you have a choice doing things in a new way. This dream represents the new start of your life, when you start going to the direction, which you chose. You must understand that this is a new opportunity for you to be whatever you want and do things you never thought of doing, as they looked to hard to handle before….

…Dreaming that you are in a shower, foretells that you will derive exquisite pleasure in the study of creation and the proper placing of selfish pleasures. See Rain….

If one dream he sees a soft shower, without storm, tempest, or wind, it signifies gain. See Rain.

If you are taking the shower before your wedding during the dream, it means that you are leaving your past away and wish to start a new clean and clear life. You are ready to enter into new life.

One person means honesty and sincere affection. If you are naked, it means you desire pleasure and passion.

…Zuhur prayers in a dream, it means that someone will pay his debt for him and gets him released from prison and he will then prosper. If one sees himself performing his Zuhur prayers in a clear day and feels happy about it in his dream, it means that he will engage in some work that will make him famous and that he will enjoy the fruits of his work as much as he did in that clear and beautiful day in his dream. If one performs his midday Zuhur prayers in a cloudy day in a dream, it means that his work will be distressful. As for the mid-afternoon prayers, known in Arabic as ‘Asr, performing it in a dream means taking a vow or making a promise. This prayer in a dream also represents one’s liability. If one sees himself performing the ‘Asr prayers in a dream, it…

…There are unquestionably certain people who, in their dreams, witness events that are actually taking place at the time.A lady I knew, Mrs. P., who lived in Gloucester Place, W., dreamed one night she was in a big seaport town, where the streets were all numbered and laid out in blocks according to the American system, and where in one part of the city the tramlines descended over a series of plateaux. The houses were very lofty, and in one street a single hotel occupied an entire block. Shortly after her arrival, the entire town shook and heaved under the influence of a stupendous earthquake; houses collapsed like packs of cards, and, amidst the most appalling shrieks and groans, the whole city burst into a lurid sheet of fire. Everywhere was the wildest confusion and despair. People of all nationalities, from fair-skinned Europeans and yellow-visage Chinese — of which…

Generally, it is a bad omen to be at last place in any kind of competition in our dreams. It usually indicates an upcoming time of bad luck in which failure will prevail. Obligations will emerge, to which it will be impossible to face, just in case you are not already overwhelmed by them.

…a sore, a gangrene in this place of beauty, cleanliness and elegance; and as I am wondering at the strange incongruity of it, he solicits me for alms. I refuse. He asks again. I threaten him with the police. He is at once silent. Turning my back on him, I continue my promenade. Someone in the street utters a cry of horror. I swing round, and as I do so, the tramp stabs me in the back. I catch a look of hellish vindictiveness in his eyes, and then, seized with an instantaneous and dreadful sickness, I stagger, reel and fall, struggle, gasp — and die!I think this dream must be intended as a warning, and I never visit a fresh seaside place — particularly abroad — without considerable anxiety as to the appearance of the front. So far, I have found no place to correspond quite with that in…

If you dream that you receive the medal for the first place, it means that you are feeling better than the others. The dream could also indicate your wishes to be the exceptional.

To dream that you are trying to sit in your place, but it is already taken by someone else, means that you should be more curious and protective if you fish to save your dignity. The dream could also symbolize the unfair people or situations that you are surrounded by.

If you have won some place in the competition, you will succeed in whatever you do in your waking life. You will be the winner.

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