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Glass

Covered by 2 scholars · Tools & Crafts

Imam Ibn Sirin

2 translations
Hathurani tr.· p. 92

Anything made of glass such as a tumbler or bottle symbolises household goods such as jars (for preserves), vessels of finu china, porcelain, chairs etc. It also symbolises male and female servants. An Incident: A person revealed his dream to Imaam Muhammad bin Sireen (RA) saying that he had seen a glass vessel in his hand. Suddenly it fell from his hand and broke. Or he said that he saw it broken in his hand while holding it. The Imaam asked whether his wife was expecting. When he said she was he said that she will die at the time of delivery and the boy will live. The interpretation materialised exactly as the Imaam had interpreted. Dreaming of Arms, Weapons Etc. Generally speaking, arms, firearms, ammunition and all other weapons _ primitive or modern — symbolise power, strength, honour, superiority, victory and grandeur for the person who sees them in his dream. He will acquire these according to his intellect and popularity. Any modifications and improvements in them denote added honour, power and strength.

Al-Akili tr.· p. 189
Aspects: Clarity · Perception · Wisdom · Woman

In a dream, glass represents an early stage of a temporary anxiety, depression or stress. Such condition is less serious when glass is seen collected as broken chips in a container in a dream. Seeing through glass in a dream means uncovering something that is hidden. In a dream, all glassware, stained glass, engraved glass, or decorative glass of green, red or yellowish color represent a suspicious person, money earned from a suspicious source or suspicion about one's wife, or even suspicion about one's true children, or it could mean eavesdropping, affectation or hypocrisy. In a dream, any glass by-products represent people of knowledge, scholars, gnostics, sages or people of wisdom. Buying a glittering glass ornament, or a house made of mother of pearl in a dream means choosing the pleasures of this world over the everlasting joy of the hereafter, or it could mean disdaining to obey God's commands, or it could mean becoming an apostate. A drinking glass cup in a dream represents a woman. Receiving a glass of water in a dream means that one's wife is pregnant. An unknown kind of glass cup or a roughly cut drinking glass of water in a dream means that there is a fetus in the mother's womb. If the glass of water breaks and the water remains in the dream, it means that the mother may die after giving birth and the infant will survive. If the water spills and the glass remains intact in the dream, it means that the fetus may die and the mother will survive. The breaking of a glass in a dream also denotes the death of the one who is serving it. If a sick person is given a glass of wine, or water, or a bitter apple drink, or a laxative in a dream such a drink represents his last cup. (Also see Glass blower; Glass bottle)

Al-Bakri Al-Qafsi

Interpretations of Dreams (Ibn Raashid Al-Bakri Al-Qafsi, Darussalam tr.) · p. 258

Glass is indicative of worry that does not last. Its nature is similar towomen's nature.

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