Dictionary of Dreams

352 IBN SEERIN'S Rake: (Shovel)A rake in a dream represents an employee or a servant. Its function is to sweep and gather dirt or manure and all of that means money in a dream. Only one who uses a rake in wakefulness will see one in his dream. As for an unmarried person, seeing a rake in a dream means getting married and protecting one's chastity, or unitingwith one's beloved, or it could mean a crop, a good appetite, a ladle, a son, a comfortable financial standing, a hard working man, a helper, a hard workingand a patient woman, or business activities. (Also see Shovel) Ram: In a dream, a ram represents a noble person. Holding a ram by its wool in a dreammeans takingmoney from a noble person. Holding a ram from its horn in a dreammeans beingrestrainedby a nobleman fromengaging in something. Holding a ram from its buttock in a dream means controlling or managing the interests of a noble man, or it could mean inheriting him, or marrying h is daughter. Holding a ram from its belly in a dream means taking money from a noble person. Killing a ram for other than food in a dream means killing a noble person. If one kills a ram during a wartime in a dream, then it represents h is enemy. A slaughtered ram in a dream represents a murder. Buying a ram from a butcher in a dream means that a noble and a great person will come to need the person seeing the dream who will save him from a foreseeable danger, o r help him t o recover from an illness. Slaughtering a ram in a dream means recovering from an illness. Carrying a ram over one's head in a dream means caring or managingthe business or accounts ofanoble and a rich person. Riding a ram and driving it at will in a dreammeans conquering a great person. If one sees a ram riding him in a dream, then it means that such a great and powerfu l person will rise above him and control his life. Breaking the horns o f a ram in a dream means weakening a powerful person. Fightingwith a ram in a dream also means fighting with a powerful person. Whoever wins the fight in the dream, will eventually win it in wakefulness. Seeing a dead ram in a dream means the death of such a great person. Dividing the meat of a ram in a dream means dividing the wealth of a great person after his death. Sacrificing a ram to eat and to distribute from its meat as a charity to poor and needy people in the dream means the release of a prisoner, his escape from capture, dispelling distress and worries, payment ofone's debts, attending the annual pilgrimage to God's House in Mecca, or recovering from an illness. Slaughtering and skinning a ram then hanging it in a dream means stripping one's enemy from his money and wealth. Seeing a skinned ram inside one's house in a dream means the death of a relative. If it is the leg of a ram, then it means the death of the closest relative. Broiling a ram in a dream means governing for one year after which period one may be imprisoned. The number of rams in a dream represents the number ofyears. Thus, seeing them also represents the number ofyears one will serve in his job. The wool of a ram in a dream means money. A ram in a dream also represents the muezzin in a mosque, a general in the army, a deposed ruler, or a humiliated person. If a ram attacks someone in a dream, it signifies an attack by one's enemy. I fa ewe becomes a ram in a dream, it means that one's wife will no longer bear children. Ifone is not married, then it means winning victory in his life. (Also see Ewe; Sacrifice; Sheep) Ramadan: (See Arabic months; Fasting) Rancher: (See Stableman) Rancor: (Grudge; Hatred; Spite) To have rancor or to suffer from others' rancor in a dream means attaining a high rank, or becoming a governor. Rancor in a dream also represents unlawful earnings. (Also see Anger; Handcuff; Grudge) Range: (See Oven) Rank: (Ceremony; Religious rank) Awarding a meek person a ceremonial rank or a station ofhonor in a dream represents a wedding, a job, or a good deed through