Caliph خليفة

It is a name for one to whom people come and go [yakhtalif] because of his knowledge or his craft, or for one whom the imam appoints as his deputy, or the imam himself, or one who is succeeded with honor, or one whose actions and work are inconsistent. If someone sees the caliph in a dream as he should be, or sees himself so, it signifies his good state and the good outcome of his affairs. The caliph upholds the affair of his religion and the law of his Prophet, God bless him and grant him peace, so whatever increase or decrease is seen in him returns to what he upholds. Seeing the caliph signifies the removal of evils and the raising of ranks. If the dreamer has been promised something, it will be fulfilled for him and he will attain what he hopes. Whoever takes command over people in a dream when he is not fit for it, it signifies the corruption of the subjects' state, their departure from the truth and their inclination to injustice. Whoever of the tyrannical rulers dies in a dream, it signifies rest and safety for the people of his town. Seeing the caliph signifies talk about the dreamer's honor without the consent of the judge, the imam, the governor and the scholar, and everyone who has higher standing than others of his kind. He signifies the father. Seeing him may signify the Sunna and its being upheld; religion and scrupulous piety; withdrawal from people; spiritual retreat [i'tikaf]; truthfulness in speech and voluntary worship; filling the inner self with remembrance of God; repentance and abandoning sins; the conversion of an unbeliever; and commanding good and forbidding evil. If the caliph dies in the dream, or his appearance changes, it signifies a deficiency in whoever he points to. If he sees that he became caliph in a dream: if he is fit for kingship, he will rule; or for judgeship, he will judge; or for leading prayer or governorship, he will attain of that what befits him; otherwise he will be imprisoned, fall ill, travel a distant journey, or fail to uphold his own rights or the rights of God the Exalted. He may be weak at the beginning of his life and then fortunate at the end of his life.

Whoever sees that God, Mighty and Majestic, made him a vicegerent [khalifa] on earth will attain the caliphate if he is fit for authority; otherwise a civil strife will occur there in which the shedders of blood will perish and the people of knowledge and piety will be saved. If he sees that he became a caliph or an imam, he will attain honor and nobility, or attain the caliphate and imamate if he is fit for that. If he sees that he was transformed into a caliph, there is no good in it unless he is fit for that; if he is not fit for that, humiliation will befall him and his affairs will fall apart until those who were his servants rise above him and his enemies gloat over him. If he sees that he killed the caliph, he will seek a great matter and be driven to distress by it.