Table

A dining table with its food ready to serve in a dream means blessings, accepting an invitation to dinner or lunch, financial comfort, status and winning victory over one's enemy. In this case, one's enemy is hunger. The food placed on the table represents a booty. Clearing the dinner table in a dream means cessation of comfort and blessings. The dinning table of one's house in a dream represents his livelihood and sustenance, an important project that requires the help of many people, or a great person who is gracious, true and generous. Sitting on such a table in a dream means joining the company of such great man. If the dining table is topped with clean food and fresh bread in the dream, it means love between friends and brethren. To have little food and some bread on the table in a dream means lack of such love between brethren. Accepting the invitation to share a loafofbread with someone in a dream means love, unity and prescribing to the prophetic traditions. If one sees one or two dishes on his table in a dream, it means profits for oneself and sustenance for his dependents. Having good appetite in a dream means longevity. If the dining table is cleared after one's meal in the dream, it denotes the conclusion of one's life. If a crowd of people sits on a table to partake their meal in a dream, they represent one's dependent. If two opponents sit on the same table in a dream, it means war, and particularly if their is broiled meat and herbs on the table. The dining table in the dream then represents the battlefield, and eating their meal means fighting. A dining table in a dream also represents piety. If one shares his meal in a dream, it means that he will meet new friends and enjoy their company, then a conflict will rise concerning his livelihood and earnings. (Also see Food; Guest; Invitation; Hospitality; Table)

A table spread with food is indicative of a rich man. Sitting at it isindicative of keeping company with him. Eating from it is indicativeof benefitting from him. If there is a man with him at that table, hewill befriend some people on the basis of sincerity, but there will be adispute between him and them concerning some matters of livelihood. Seeing many loaves of good quality bread and good food on the tableis indicative of deep friendship. Paucity of food is indicative of arelationship that is not strong. One of them said: The table is indicative of religious commitment. And it was said that it signifies booty that is in danger of being snatchedaway. Clearing the table signals the end of possessing that booty. And itwas said that it is indicative of a woman. A king dreamt that he was eating at a table, but every time he reachedout his hand, a dog's paw came from beneath the table and ate with him. A dream interpreter told him: A slave from Sicily is sharing your wifewith you. He checked it out and found out that it was true. A man heard someone (in his dream) reciting the Verse: "Can your Lord send down to us a table spread (with food)from heaven?" [Al-Maa'idah 5:112] A dream interpreter said: You are going through hardship, so pray to Allah for ease and He will respond to you. He prayed and his prayer was answered. Eating a lot from the table is indicative of a long life, and if it iscleared away, that indicates that one's life is over.