Lamp

In a dream, a lamp represents a steward, a housekeeper or a butler. If the oil burns up in one's dream, it means the death of any of the above. If a spark falls on a piece of cotton fabric and burns it in the dream, it means that he or she will face a mishap. If the lamp is put off in the dream, it means that a sick person in that family will soon die from his illness, or that the family will receive news of the death of a relative.

A lamp is indicative of an increase of light in the heart and strengthof religious commitment. And it was said that it is indicative of a malechild for the one whose wife is pregnant. A man said: I dreamt that I became a lamp on a minaret at night. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: You will become a Muezzin or preacherand people will benefit from you. Another man dreamt that but he said:I was in a shop. He said: You will become a caller or a reader overgraves. Another man said: I dreamt that I was a lamp fully prepared, and I wasrotating with the stone wherever it went. He said: You will accompanya man of high status and you will travel with him wherever he travels,and you may carry a torch ahead of him. And he became a candle bearerwho walked in front of kings. If he dreams that he lit a bright lamp, he will acquire knowledge. Ifhe dreams that he extinguished a lamp, he will try to wrong men butwill not succeed, because Allah says: "They (the disbelievers, the Jews and the Christians) wantto extinguish Allah's Light (with which Muhammad (Peace be upon him) has beensent - Islamic Monotheism) with their mouths, but Allah will notallow except that His Light should be perfected even though theKaafiroon (disbelievers) hate (it)." [Al-Tawbah 9:32] If a judge dreams that he extinguished three lamps, he will reject thetestimony of three witnesses. The minaret represents a servant and its head represents the headservant. The lampstand represents the caretaker of the house. Thecandelabra, if it is in the mosque, is indicative of a pious scholar; if it isextinguished, that is indicative of his death. If it is in the house, then itis indicative of a child who will be of high status. The candle representsa beautiful woman or a good and generous child. A man said: I dreamt that I became a candle, lit among the peopleduring the daytime. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said to him: You will bestripped and beaten and will go through hardship. The wick is indicative of a housekeeper or governess; if it burnsentirely, that signifies her death. VII.