Dictionary of Dreams

276 IBN SEERIN'S unhappiness or misery in one's life. Headache also represents one's employer or supervisor. Ifone who is suffering from a migraine headache in wakefulness sees his temples transformed into iron in a dream, it means that his illness will be cured. Mlgrator: (See Explorer) Mihrab: (arb. Alcove; Niche; Prayer niche) In a dream, a prayer niche or a mihrab represents a leader, a guide, or the Imam of a mosque. Praying at the mihrab in a dream means glad tidings. If a woman sees herself praying at the mihrab of a mosque in a dream, it means that she will beget a son or a daughter. In a dream, the alcoves or shelters that poor people use for their retreats in a mosque represent sincerity, love, devotion, remembrance of God Almighty, standing in night prayers, and aloofness. Building a mihrab inside one's house in a dream means bearing male children. Otherwise, it means that such a property will be donated by its owner for religious use. Seeing an incorrectly positioned prayer niche in a mosque in a dream means deviation for God's path and erring in one's words and actions. In a dream, a mihrab also represents lawful sustenance or a pious wife. If one sees the prayer niche of a mosque misdirected, or if it emits a vile odor, or if one sees the corpse of a dead animal lying inside it in a dream, it indicates that the one who is seeing the dream is an unbeliever, an innovator and a hypocrite. Mlks'il: (The archangel Michael, upon whom be peace.) Seeing the archangel Mikii'l! (uwbp) in a dreammeans prosperity, wealth, blessings in one's life, good harvest and rain. If a pious person sees him (uwb p) in a dream, it means success, attaining one's goals and fulfilling his intentions in this world and in thehereafter. Ifan ungodly person sees him in a dream, it represents a warning that could precede the destruction of a town or a village, or a calamity during which the person seeing the dream also could suffer. If one sees him (uwbp) in a town in a dream, it means a rainfall, good harvest and lowprices for that year. If he speaks to the person seeing the dream, or gives him something in the dream, it means joy, blessings and glad tidings of entering the heavenly paradise, for he is the angel ofmercy. If one sees him (uwbp) during a rainy season, it means prosperity, or listening to the singingofbirds, or such a dream could imply the building of an army and raising the banners ofwar. Seeing him (uwbp) during a dry season in a dream could then represent a trustworthy treasurer, a good accountant or a successful business manager. The archangel Michael (uwbp) in a dream also represents a compassionate ruler who is to his subjects like a father to his children. Seeing him (uwbp) in a dream also may mean drought, or perhaps the dream could mean that a barren woman will conceive a child, or that a difficult and a controversial issue will be resolved. I f a traveller sees him (uwbp) in a dream, i t may mean adversities on the road, o r a rain storm that could delay his journey. Seeing him (uwbp) near someone t o whose trade a rainy weather means business losses i n a dream means distress and adversities. If seen near a farmer in a dream, it means a good harvest and profits from one's business. If one becomes the archangel Mikli'il (uwbp) in a dream, it means wealth, prosperity and earning a good reputation. Milepost: (See Milestone) Milestone: (Event; Landmark; Milepost) In a dream, amilestone represents a son, an emissary, a messenger, travels, or a pious person who serves people's needs. Military review: (See Exhibition) Military service: (See Conscription) Military: (See Army general) Milk: (Instinct; Nature; Profits) In a dream, milk represents nature, instinct, or easy and lawful money. However, curdled milk in a dream represents unlawful