Dictionary of Dreams

DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 271 repentance, attendingthe congregational prayers, or following a funeral proces­ sion. Meal: (See Food fare; Food) Measles: (Collapsing walls) In a dream, measles mean money which is earned from an official person, though one could lose it. If a farmer is afflicted with measles during the harvest season in a dream, it means a devastating damage to his crop. Measurel: (Foot; Inch; Span; Spread; Width) In a dream, a measure or any of its related elements means travels. Measuring a wall with the span of one's hand in a dreammeans that he may travel to a nearby town. Ifhe measures the same distance on the ground in a dream, it means that he may travel to a distant place. If one measures the ground up to two arms length in a dream, it means that he will attend the pilgrimage in Mecca. If one measures a house or a shop with his thumb in a dream, it means that he may buy that place. Measure2: (Percentage; Proportion; Ratio) A measure in a dream represents a magician, a thief, trickery, or wasting money. (Also see Scale; Scale beam; Unit ofweight; Weight) Measure3: (Weight) In a dream, a measured weight represents guidance, knowl­ edge, wisdom, a wife, profits, distress, trouble, or poverty. (Also see Weight) Measurer: (Balance; Corn measurer; Measuring controller; Quantity surveyor; Scale) In a dream, one who metes out or dispenses measures and weights represents a ruler, a leader or ajudge. Ifhis measurement is exact, it means that he is a just person. Otherwise, it represents a tyrant. If one is given a scale for measuring, or ifhe becomes a measurer or a measuring controller, or a surveyor in a dream, and if he qualifies, it means that he will be appointed as a judge, or as a leader. If he does not qualify, it means that he will grow in wisdom, righteousness, justice and balance which he can use to help himself and others. (Also see Measure2; Scale) Measuring controller: (See Measurer) Meat: (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 dreammeans 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 awoman eats her own flesh in a dream, it means that she will commit adultery. The meat of a yellow cow in a dream means illness. The cooked meat ofa snake in a dreammeans receivingmoneyfromone's enemy. The uncooked flesh ofa snake in a dreammeans slanderingone's enemy. The meat of a lion in a dreammeans receiving money from a ruler and the same goes for the flesh of all predatory animals or birds. Hog or swine's meat in a dream means unlawful money. Eating sausages or dried meat in a dreammeans speaking ill ofdeceased people. Camel's meat in a dream means earningmoney from a rich and a powerful enemy unless if the one seeing it does not touch it in his dream. However, touching camel's meat in a dream means suffering from such a strong person. Eating it cooked in a dream means defrauding someone, then falling sick and recovering from one's illness. It is also said that eating camel's meat in a dream means earning money from a ruler. Beef in a dream means hardships, toiling and lack ofwork. Holding a mutton inside one's house