Oud (lute) عود

In a dream it signifies recovery from illnesses, and a person's return ['awd, wordplay on 'ud] to whatever good or evil he was in before. He may come to learn medicine or astrology. For a single man it is a wife, and for a married woman it is a child in her lap.

(Whoever sees) that he plays the oud at the door of the ruler will obtain a governorship and authority if he is worthy of that; otherwise he will fabricate speech. The oud does not harm you if you see it or want to take it, unless you hear its sound. Playing the oud is lying speech, and likewise listening to it.

(Whoever sees) that he is playing it in his home will be struck by a calamity. It is also said that playing the oud is leadership for the one who plays it, and it is also said it is the onset of grief. If he sees that he is playing it and its string breaks, he will come out of his worries. It is also said that it signifies a noble king who has been driven from his kingdom and power, and every time he remembers his kingdom his insides churn [wordplay: lute strings were made of gut]. For a decent, discreet person it is admonition; for a sinner, it is corrupting people with something that affects their insides; and for a tyrant, it is tyranny he inflicts on people that tears their insides.