Dictionary of Dreams

DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 353 which GodAlmightywill raise such aperson in station. (Also seeRising in station) Ransom: (See Enemy; Enmity) Rape: (See Adultery) Rapture: (See Delight) Rare book: (See Reference book) Rash: (See Hives) Rasp: (See File) Rat: A rat in one's house in a dream means that he will emigrate from one land to another. If the person seeing the dreamowns a house, it means that he will sell it. Rats in one's house in a dream also represent thieves one must guard his house against, or that he must guard himself against the betrayal of a close acquaintance. Eating a rat in a dream means backbiting others, or earning unlawful money. In general, rats in a dream represent insolence, causing damage, fornication, adverse marital conditions, or problems in the upbringing of one's children. Catching a rat in a dream means suffering from humiliation and despise. Ratio: (See Measure2) Raven: (Carrion crow; Crow; Hooded crow; Rook) In a dream, a raven represents a high ranking man, a forbearing and a patient person, or a strong and a well feared person. (Also see Crow; Rook) Razor strop: (See Hone) Razor: (Straight razor) In a dream, a straight razor represents a son. If one causes wounds to a pigeon or an animal with a razor in a dream, the razor then represents his tongue and the base language he hurls at people. Seeing a straight razor in a dream also signifies perfidy . enmity and the use of harsh language. Reading: Reading the front page of a letter, a paper, or a book in a dream means receiving an inheritance. Reading the last page, or the back cover of a book in a dream means indebtedness. Reading a book in a dream also means receiving an inheritance. If one finds himself as a lettered person and if he reads well in his dream, it means that he will attain a high ranking job. If one sees himself reading his book ofrecords in a dream, it means that he will repent for his sins. Reading a book in another language in a dream means travelling to such a country, or going toplaces one is not familiar with and performinga job that will earn him fame. If one sees himself reading a book in a foreign language and is unable to properly decipher its words in a dream, it means that he will escape from a potential danger he could face in such a land, or it could mean falling sick in a foreign country, then recovering from one's illness before returning to one's homeland. (Also see Language; Qur'anic recital; Reckoning) Rear side: (See Back; Buttock) Rebellious child: (See Profligacy; Recalcitrant child) Rebellious son: (See Profligacy; Recalcitrant child) Rebuke: (Calumniation; Fire; Harsh words; Slander. See Blame; Censure) Recalcitrance: (See Recalcitrant child) Recalcitrant child: (Accursed; Disobedient; Disrespectful; Rebellious; Undutiful) Tosee a recalcitrant childwhostubbornly refuses to obey his parents in a dream means committing a major sin, such as associating partners to God Almighty, or committing a violent crime or a murder, etcetera. (Also see Disobedience) Receiving: (See Giving) Reciting: (See Poem) Reckoning: (Day ofReckoning; Doomsday; Resurrection) Seeing the reckoning of a deceased person i n a dream denotes his sufferings in the hereafter. I f a