Dictionary of Dreams

DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 27 Balram: (turk. SeeManumission; Festival ofBreaking the Fast; Feast ofImmola­ tion) Baked bricks: (See Bricks) Baker: (Compassionate leader; Honest livelihood; Just ruler; Love; Son) A baker in the dream represents peacefulness and a lucrative life. One who bakes bread on top oflimestone in a dream represents a happy and a good person who entices people to work and earn honest income from their own sweat. If he receives moneyfor his bread in the dream, it means that he hasmade preaching to others his main source ofincome. Seeing oneselfas a baker in a dream means becoming wealthy and prosperous. If one sees himself buying bread from a baker and if the baker does not look at how much money is tendered in the dream, it means that the baker is a noble man, and he is capable of doing good deeds without anticipating a reward. A baker in a dream also represents someone who brings benefits to others, for they all need him. Receiving a loaf ofbread from a baker in a dream means earning an honest income. If one who is not a baker sees himselfbakingbread and selling it to people in a dream, it means that he solicit customers for a prostitute. The profession of a baker in a dream also involves talks, disputes and energy. (Also see Bread; Sweets) Baklava: (See Pastry) Balance: (Scale) A balance and a scale in a dream have similar interpretations. Both represent faith, justice and righteousness in words and actions. In a dream, a balance also may represent a wife, or it could mean payment of one's debts. A steelyard in a dream represents an architect or a builder. A miller's scale in a dream represents a man who considers himself worthy of respect, while his actions, earnings and moves are contemptible. A precision scale in a dream represents a warning against heedlessness and concern for proper accounting for one's actions. The j ustice scale represents a judge. If it stands balanced in one's dream, then it means that the judge of that locality is a just and a learned person. In a dream, the scales of a balance represents thejudge's ears. The money put on a scale for measuring represents the lawsuits, and the weights represent the judgment. If one sees himself standing before God Almighty on Judgment Day and if his good deeds weigh heavier than his sins in the dream, itmeans that he will reckonhimself, reflect about his bad actions and correct the course ofhis life. Consequently, his reward in the hereafter will be greater. Seeing the Balance of the Day of Judgement in a dream means vulnerability ofpeople's secrets, exposingone's actions in public, recognition of the ultimate truth, joy, happiness, victory and justice. If one's deeds are praiseworthy, then he will be a winner. Ifone's deeds are blameworthy, then he will be a loser. In general, a balance in a dream represents a guide, an example to follow, a scholar one seeks to learn at his hand, a ruler, a criterion and the Qur'an. It also may represent one's tongue and correctness, truthfulness, lies, incredulity or trustworthiness. (Also see Measure2,' Measurer; Scale) Balancer: (See Stabilizer) Balcony: Sitting in a balcony during the summertime in a dream means comfort, dispelling aggravations, recovering from an illness, or exposing one's secrets. A balcony in a dream also could mean honor, or if seen with the city walls, then it represents the governor of the town, or it could mean the battlement. The parapet on topofthewalls represents his armies, his entourageor his ammunition and the stored provisions of the city. If the walls are interpreted to be wealth, then the balconies and the battlement represent its guards and servants. Balconies in a dream alsorepresent the front rows ofone'senemy. (Also seeWalls ofthe city) Baldheadedness: (Also see Baldness)