Dictionary of Dreams

270 IBN SEERIN'S If the color ofthe mattress is white in the dream, it represents a religious and a pious wife. A green mattress in a dream represents a pious and a religious wife. A black mattress in the dream represents a woman who is engaged in doing something for other than God's pleasure. Buying a new and a beautiful­ lookingmattress in a dreammeansmarriage to a chaste and a beautiful woman. If the new mattress is torn or damaged in the dream, it means living with an impious woman. Changing the place of one's bed in a dream means divorce. If one finds himselfunable to sleep onhis bed in a dream, it means that he cannot have marital relationship with his wife, or perhaps he could be suffering from impotence. Ifone tears his mattress in pieces in a dream, it means that he will commit adultery. If he sees his mattress placed in front of the city hall in a dream, it means that he may assume an important political appointment. An unknown mattress in an unknown place in a dream means buying, receiving, or inheriting a farmland. A mattress in a dream also means bearing a son. Changing one's mattress in a dream means leaving one's wife for the sake of another woman. If one does not like to sleep on his mattress in a dream and prefers to find anotherplace to rest, it means that he will renounce his conjugal life. Foldingone's mattress and placing it aside in a dream means leavingone's home for a longjourney, divorcing one's wife, or avoiding to sleep with her for one reason or another, or it could mean the death of either the husband or the wife. Sitting over one's bed in a dream means gaining authority, or managing someone's business. Sleeping in a dream means heedlessness, or it could mean peace and tranquility. (Also see Bed) May: (See Thunder) Mayor: (See Bull; Cattle dealer; King) Mazdalsm: (See Worshippingfire) Meadow: (Beauty; Grass; Green; Knowledge; Paradise; Wisdom) In a dream, a meadow represents an easy and a trouble free money, or it could represent a wife who has little reservation and tactfulness. Seeing a meadow in a dream alsomeans receiving innerknowledge that is imparted directlybyGodAlmighty through mystical inspirations, or it could mean establishing a charitable endowment. A meadow with its pasture, streams, perennials and spireas in a dream represents the world, its ornaments, attractions and wealth. A meadow in a dreamalsomaymean a place ofbusiness or a workplace. To see and cherish a green meadowwithout being able to unfold its reach in a dream represents the vastness and essence of IsHim. If a poor person sees himself walking through the meadows, gathering grass, leaves, herbs, flowers and eating them in his dream, it means prosperity. If a rich person sees that in his dream, it means that his wealth will increase. If someone who has renounced the pleasures of this world or an ascetic sees such a dream, it means that he will return to desiring it, or that he will be seduced by the world again. Walking between meadows in a dream means goingon a business trip or changingone's profession. The same interpretation is given if one sees himself walking between two different markets. If one sees a deceased person sitting in the meadows in a dream, it means that he is in paradise. Meadows in a dream also represent the world and its pleasures, or they could represent a rich wife. Seeing an unusual meadow which is admired only when beheld, and enjoyed especially when visited in a dream represents a revered place, a house of God, a mosque, the grave of a prophet, or the graves ofthe righteous ones. A meadow in a dream also may represent the Book of revelations, the Qur'an, knowledge, wisdom, or paradise. If one sees himself walking from the midst of meadows into a salt swampland or a marsh in a dream, it means that he follows innovations, or that he indulges in sinful actions. Hearing the call to prayers from inside ameadow ina dreammeans agooddeed, guidance after heedlessness,