Dictionary of Dreams

DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 375 person who loves to create division between a husband and a wife, and to separates between them. A saw in a dream also represents a cunning person, unfair dealings between people, hypocrisy, evil, an informant, or sexual in­ tercourse. A saw in a dream also represents a helper, strength, profits, a public ordinance, a proclamation, a learned person, or ajudge. A lumberman's saw in a dream represents an astringent and an austere headman. A marble saw in a dream signifies running out of tricks, or presenting an unsatisfactory proof. A handsaw in a dream represents a layman, a miller, or sieve merchant, etcetera. Scabies: (See Plague) Scale beam: (See Steelyard) Scale: (Balance; Measure) Seeing a scale in a dream means renewal of one's business. Depending one the truthfulness by which one weighs his business, or product, a scale in a dream also means profits or a fine. Receiving a scale as a gift in a dreammeans that one may become ajudge. The same applies ifone sees himself transformed into a scale in a dream. If one sees merchants short weighing their merchandise in a dream, then a scale will represent ajudge who deviates from justice. (Also see Balance; Measure2; Measurer; Weight) Scallion: (See Onion) Scarab: (Dungbeetle; Evil spell; Charm) In a dream, a scarab represents vileness, a despicable nature, or mixing with lowly people. Scarce: (See Little) Scarcity: (See Famine) Scarf: (See Head cover) Scepter: (Authority; Mace) A scepter in a dream means good conduct, emulating the leading example of the Prophet Muhammad, uponwhom be peace, rising to a high ranking position, or becoming an authority. A scepter in a dream also could represent a wild son, a crooked man, or a hypocrite. Playingwith a scepter in dream means using the help of such a person and assisting him to lay hands on his rivals. The crosier represents the human heart and the staff represents man's tongue. Thus, playing with a scepter in a dream means playing at will. Whatever may affect a scepter in a dream can be interpreted as affecting one's son or his tongue. Ifone sees himselfhittinga small ball with a septer, or playing with a ball in his dream, it represents a dispute with his wife, or a fight with a hypocritical person. A scepter in a dream also indicates the presence ofjinn spirits, wars, devastations, or it could represent past benefits. Hittingsomeone with a scepter in dream means gettingwhat one desires from him, but through crooked ways. If one sees his governor or his boss carrying a scepter in dream, it means that he will be appointed to head an important project. Scholars: (Early companions; Legist; Masj id; Men of knowledge; Mosque; Reli­ gious doctors; Righteous men) A scholar in a dream represents glad tidings, a promotion, or a commendation and it represents one who acts upon what he knows and says. Seeing one of the early scholars in a dreammeans increase in one's knowledge, for they were the wise representatives of God's message on earth. Seeing them also means increase in one's wisdom, happiness, joy, and one's dream could mean that onewill stand to admonish people or counsel them. Seeing the early righteous people and the blessed companions ofGod's Prophet, upon whombepeace, in a dreammeansgrowth ofone's righteousness. Ifonesees a scholar who is considered to be a reference in religious knowledge, and if one accepts his admonition in the dream, though in wakefu lness he does not follow this school of thought, it means that he will be tried with an adversity that will be remembered by people for sometime to come, though his testimony will be accepted by the people. If a well-known early scholar appears in one's dream when the dwellers of that locality are experiencing adversities, economic