Dictionary of Dreams

144 IBN SEERIN'S in a dream denotes one's devotion, religious awareness, fasting, charities and good deeds. (Also see Escape; Running away,' Take a flight; Turning) Escape: If one sees himself walking across hills in a dream, it means that he is trying to escape from danger. (Also see Escape from danger; Running away) Escort: (Convoy; Guide; Helper) In a dream, an escort means travels, or a barber, a hairdresser, the tithe collector, a collection agent, an emissary or a trader. Escrow: (See Guarantee) Esoteric: (See Drums) Espalier: (See Vineyard) Establishing the d ivine laws: If one is required in his dream to circumscribe to the limitations placed by God on man's freedom of action in the world, or if one asks that such judgment be exacted in his case, his dream then represents paying one's debts, or respecting one's limitations, or marriage to protect one's chastity. Estate: (Farmland) In a dream, a farmland represents wealth and benefits, for cities live from the produce of a farmland. A farmland in a dream also represents stored grains or fruits or vegetables. Anything that affects the farmland, such as drought, inundation, diseases or a fire in a dream will manifest in people's life in the cities. A farmland in a dream also may represents one's livelihood and earnings, a patient and a helpingwife, or a hard-workingand a patient husband. If one sees a blossoming farmland in his dream, it means blessings, growth and profits from his work. A farmland in a dream also means wasting one's life in useless endeavors, or it could mean heedlessness, lack of comfort, pleasure in one's life or neglecting to seek knowledge while occupying oneself in'pursuing mundane objectives. (Also see [<'arm) Estrangement: (See Repudiation) Eternity: (Heaven) Etiquette: (See Perfume salesman) Eunuch: (See Ostrich) Euphrates: (River; Sweet water) Drinking from the Euphrates river in a dream means blessings and grace, for the Euphrates is one of the rivers of paradise. Drinkingfrom theEuphratesriver in a dream also means beinga pious, content and a religious person. If one sees the Euphrates river dry in a dream, it means the death ofthe governor, or the loss ofa country, or perhaps the meaning could apply to the chiefminister, or thepersonal secretary ofthe ruler. (Also seeRiver) Evanescence: (Annihilation; Disappearing; Non-existence) To vanish or be non­ existent in a dream means depression, nullifying all banknotes during a war, cancelling all interests and credits, a bad harvest, a plague, or it could mean a disaster. To be non-existent for the people of the path in a dream signifies an everlasting existence. (Also see Disappearing) Eve: (Mother of humankind, may God's peace be with her.) In a dream, Eve represents prosperity, blessings, a good harvest, a good yield, progeny, profits from a business in textile, farming, smithcraft or similar industries. Seeing Adam and Eve in a dream means being demoted from a station and a place of honor to a lower rank to be raised again after repenting from one's sin. Seeing Eve in a dream also indicates pitfalls, sins, being subject to jealousy and malicious fraud, or trouble with one's neighbors. Seeing Adam and Eve in a dream also means hardships caused by one's wife or children, consent for sexual intercourse, repentance or regret for one's past. If a woman sees Eve in her dream, it means that she will create hardships for her husband because of her association with someone who is unsuitable for her friendship. It also means that a major adversity will befall her, since Eve was the first to experience female menstrual period and the pain ofchildbirth. It may also mean suffeting