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Tiger

Covered by 2 scholars · Land Animals

Imam Ibn Sirin

2 translations
Hathurani tr.· p. 116

It symbolises a powerful and dangerous enemy. Fighting with one means one will fight an enemy with great strength and power. 116-

Al-Akili tr.· p. 438
Aspects: Leopard

In a dream, a tiger represents a tyrant, an unjust ruler, or an avowed enemy. Killing a tiger in a dream means vanquishing such an enemy. Eating the flesh of a tiger in a dream means money, profits and honor. Riding on a tiger in a dream means power and sovereignty. A tiger inside one's house in a dream represents an insolent person who attacks one's family. Seeing a tiger or a leopard in one's dream means receiving money from an insolent or an artful person. A struggle with a tiger in a dream means fighting with an insolent person. Tiger's bite in a dream represents damage caused by such a person. A tiger in a dream also represents either a man or a woman. It also represents deceit, trickery, an illness, or eye irritation. Tigress milk in a dream represents enmity. Seeing a tiger in a dream also could mean repenting from sin. (Also see Fur; Milking a tiger)

See also: Fur, Milking a tiger

Al-Bakri Al-Qafsi

Interpretations of Dreams (Ibn Raashid Al-Bakri Al-Qafsi, Darussalam tr.) · p. 135

It is like the lion, except that it signifies a man who is very smart and crafty and is bad to deal with. Some of them said: It signifies an enemy who is openly hostile Oran unjust ruler. If a person dreams that he rides a tiger, he will gain a position of authority. If he dreams that a tiger fell on him, he will be harmed by a ruler. If he dreams that he ate the flesh of a tiger, he will gain wealth and leadership. If he sees a tiger in hi s house, a thief or evildoer will attack him.

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