Dictionary of Dreams

30 IBN SEERIN'S means dispelling distress and overcoming adversities. A banquet in a dream also means celebrating a new appointment or receiving honorary guests. However, a banquet in a dream also denotes distress, sorrow or grief. (Also see Colors; Food fare; Food) Bar: (Taproom; Tavern) Barber: (Hairdresser) A barber in a dream represents a person who benefits the meek and the poor, though he harms the rich. A barber, or a sheep shearing person also represents a corrupt police officer, or a street gang leader who taxes local businesses. If shearing the animal is necessary, then the dream will mean comfort and benefits for both the man and the animal. (Also see Hairdresser) Barefoot: In a dream, it means toiling in one's life and exhaustion. This is thus interpreted if one does not actually see himself going through the motion of taking off his shoes and walking barefooted. Otherwise, in that case, it means that he will receive an appointment to a high ranking position. Walking barefooted in a dream is also interpreted as unloading one's burdens and relief from pressure, divorce or death in one's family. If one sees himself traveling barefooted, it represents a debt that he could not repay. If one sees himself walkingwith one foot bare and the second fitted in the dream, itmeans breaking up a business partnership. (Also see Walking) Barkeeper: (See Bartender) Barking of a Jackal : (See Sound ofanimals) Barking: (See Dog) Barley: Barley corns in their fields in a dream represent spiritual awakening and a conscious endeavor to do good. Seeingbarley in a dream also denotes easy and sweet income. If one barters wheat for barley in a dream, it means that he will forget the Qur'an and pursue poetry. Buyingor carrying a measure of barley in a dreammeans that onemay conceive a son who will grow to be pious and a man of knowledge, though his life will be short. It is also said that barley in a dream representsmoney spent toward one's health and fitness. Buying barley from its distributor in a dreammeans receivinga great wealth or an inheritance, though one must pay its due alms tax and charities. Ifone sees himselfplanting barley in a dream, it means that he will engage in doing a good deed that will please God Almighty. Walking through barley fields in his dream means that one will be blessed with the opportunity to participate in a holy war. Farming barley fields in a dream represents people's deeds. If one plants barley in a dream, it means that he will prosper from his business or from governing, or that he will receive an endowment from someone in authority. Seeingbarley in a dreamalso implies feelings or perceiving something good that is going to take place. (Also see Crop) Barman: (See Bartender) Barn: In a dream, a barn represents profits, provisions, fodder, food, savings, coffer, bag, one's house, one's shop or one's farm. (Also see Carriage house; Stableman) Bartender: (Barkeeper; Barman; Beverages; Sherbet salesman; Syrup vendor) A bartender in a dream represents a syrup vendor or a sherbet salesman. All of them organize their bar with colorful bottles and different sizes of drinking glasses. Their drinks vary between the sweet and sour, cold and hot or dry. A bartender in a dream also could represent a craftsman in his shop, a business­ man in his office, a confidant, or someone who exposes others' secrets and troubles for a price, or one who keeps a secret for a price. Base: (Column base; Plinth) A column base or a plinth in a dream represents scholars, their circles, or their study room. A column base in a dream also could represent unmarried women, one's wife, knowledge, a trade, or a craft, or