Dictionary of Dreams

66 IBN SEERIN'S leadership,justice or a deputy who establishes God's Laws on earth. Ifone sees himselfattempting to kill the calif in adream, itmeans opportunism or seeking an important advancement that one will attain. (Also see King) Callphate: (See Calif; King; Vice-regent) Call to prayers: (Aziin; Muezzin) Hearing the call to prayers in a dream denotes the pilgrimage season or announces its holy months. It also may indicate backbiting, a theft, announcing a major move or blowing the trumpets of war, or it could denote rank and honor or obeyed commands of the one seeing the dream, or perhaps announcing a wife for an unmarried man, and it could mean telling the truth. Hearingthe call to prayers in a language other than theArabic in which it was revealed in a dream means lies and backbiting. If one sees a woman callingto prayers, standingon the top ofa minaret in a dream, it means innovation and trials. If children give the call to prayers in a dream, it means that people filled with ignorance will rule the land. This is particularly true when the call is made outside the proper time. If a suitable person sees himself adequately calling to prayers in a dream, it means that he will be appointed to govern a land which is as vast as his voice can reach in the dream. If one does not fit the conditions of ruling, then it means that his enemies will increase in number. I fhe is a merchant, it means that his business will grow. Hearing the call to prayers in a dream also may represent invocations, supplications and good prayers. Ifone sees himselfcallingto prayers from inside a well in a dream, it means that he will call people from another land to walk the path of God Almighty, to follow thejurisprudence He made obligatory upon humanity, and to adopt the divine laws as their way of life and religion. Ifcalling from inside a well is done from within a Muslim country in the dream, it means that he is a spy or an innovator who is introducing changes to God's laws. If one sees himselfcalling to prayers fromthe top ofthe ScaredHouse ofKa'aba in adream, it means that he is an innovator. If he calls to prayers while layingdown in his bed in a dream, it means that his wife is backbiting and slandering the neighbors. I f he makes the call at the door of a king in a dream, it means that he will testify to the truth in a court of justice. If one's call is made while travelling in a caravan or in a marketplace in a dream, it means that he will expose a band of thieves. Ifhe makes the call to prayers from inside a ruin in a dream, it means that such a place will be rebuilt and people will live in it. If one sees himself calling to prayer from inside a bathhouse or while under the shower in a dream, it means that he will suffer from a fever. If he sees himself . calling and no one is answering his call in a dream, it means that he belongs to the company ofunjust people. I f he calls with a beautiful voice and the people hearken to his call in the dream, it means that he is seeking the approval of people in authority. If he sees himself calling to prayer while being naked, it represents his recklessness and contempt about his own religion. Calling to prayer standing on a pile of trash in a dream means calling a stupid person to makepeacebut to no avail. Hearingthecall to prayersgiven inside amarketplace means the death of one of the merchants. Call-up: (See Conscription) Call: (See Shout) Caller to prayers: (Muezzin) In a dream, he is the person who calls for what is good andblessed, or he could represent a broker or anofficiant whoperforms wedding ceremonies or the messenger of the king or his door attendant. (Also see Mu­ ezzin) Caller: (See Clouds; Invisible caller; Shouting) Calligrapher: (Copyist; Handwriting) A calligrapher in a dream represents knowledge, charting and clarity. Otherwise, a calligrapher may represent distress, trouble, unhappiness, seeing everything dark, or he could represent