Back ظهر

A person's back in a dream signifies what shows on him or what he relies on for support. The back may signify what shows on him, such as clothing, and what he relies on, such as stored-up money or a beneficial arrangement he deems good. The back signifies the outside of the house, the town or the doctrine. A broken back is fear or grief. The back [ẓahr] may signify the noon prayer [ẓuhr], one of the five prayers.

(Whoever sees) that his back is black or red, it is feared he will be beaten on it. If he sees it fat, white and shining, it signifies acquiring fine new clothes, and it may signify his gaining support from knowledge, a child, or a sultan by whom his back is strengthened, or from a dwelling or house, and he may pronounce ẓihār on his wife. If his back is branded with fire, it signifies his miserliness and his withholding of God's due. A man's back is what he relies on and the seat of his strength; for a slave it is his master. If he sees that his back is bent, a misfortune will befall him. If he sees his friend's back, his friend will turn his face away from him. If he sees his enemy's back, he will be safe from his evil. If he sees a woman's back, and she is related to this world and was an old woman, the world will turn away from him; if she is middle-aged, he is seeking something that has become hard for him and turned away from him; if she is young, he is waiting for a good that will be a little slow in coming. The back signifies old age, and likewise all the rear parts of the body.

(Whoever sees) a bend in his back from pain will become poor and grow old. Back pain signifies the death of a brother. The back is a man to whom one resorts in one's affairs, a man of standing and wealth; whatever pain or defect occurs in it is in the person's refuge and chief on whom he leans. It is also said the back is purity or a blanket: whatever occurs on the back is in the blanket or the purity of the garment, and likewise the reverse.

(Whoever sees) that his back is hurting him, his chief on whom he leans will be imprisoned.

(Whoever sees) that he is carrying a heavy load on his back, that is a great debt; it is also said the heavy load is a bad neighbour.

(Whoever sees) his back broken, it is the loss of his strength and ability, or his destruction, or the destruction of his guardian or master. A heavy load on the back is worry, sins or burdens of guilt.

(Whoever sees) that he is carrying coffins or goods on his back, they are debts that come upon him. If he sees that he is carrying sins, he carries backbiting and tale-bearing and spreads lies.

(Whoever sees) his back broken while he is ill, the one who is his back [support] will die, or it signifies his poverty and lack of means. It is also said the heavy load on the back is many dependants and little money.

(Whoever sees) a hunchbacked person, it signifies an increase in his wealth or a long life, and it may signify many dependants and offspring.