Ship سفينة

In a dream it is salvation for one who is in worry, terror, illness, straitened circumstances or drought. If he sees a ship on land, it is salvation drawing near. If he drags it along the ground, he will lead [others] and be hypocritical in religion. If he boards it with righteous people, he will follow guidance and God Almighty will forgive him. If he comes out of it, he will be happy and saved from his enemies. If a dismissed man sees that he boarded the ship, he will be given a governorship by one of the kings, in proportion to the sea, and the extent of his governorship will be in proportion to the ship's soundness and size; and the ship's distance from land is his distance from dismissal; or he will travel and fall into worry, and its distance from land is his distance from relief. If he is involved in some affair, he will undertake a risk in which one of two things will happen to him: either rescue or destruction. Whoever sees it, of those for whom a governorship is not fitting, is in a risk in which he will meet either salvation or destruction. Whoever is exposed to destruction and sees that he is aboard a ship, relief and salvation will come to him, or he will hold fast to a man of importance. If he goes out on it to dry land, he will disobey. If his fortune has gone, or he is a merchant whose trade has been lost, the ship is the return of his fortune. If the ship is associated with a governorship, his leaving it is the end of his fortune, through death or in life; and if it is associated with worry, it is salvation for him through supplication, charity, medicine or otherwise. If the ship sinks and he clings to a plank from it: if he is a governor, the ruler will become angry with him and he will come close to dismissal, then be saved from what he fears and the governorship will return to him; if he is a merchant, it is a decrease in his wealth, which will then be compensated. If it sinks, he is like a drowned man. If he sees that he died on a ship in the depths of the water, he will die in people's hands, and that death will be salvation for him from the evil he fears of what he will come to after death. If he sees that he is on a ship at sea, he will enter the service of the greatest king, and his state will be like his state on that ship. It is also said that the ship in interpretation is worry, illness, imprisonment, or a matter he is attempting that stands between him and rising up in it; but he will be saved from it and not perish in it. If a ship sinks and its planks scatter, it is a calamity for him concerning a father, an uncle or someone of similar importance to him. It is also said: if he sees that it sank, it is a journey in safety. An empty ship is profit from trade.

(Whoever sees) that he is on a ship crowded with people, it is safety for him on his journey.

(Whoever sees) that he is on a ship standing still and not sailing, it is prison. If he holds its ropes and is one fit for authority, he will draw near to the ruler's inner circle and connect with them. Whoever has an oar in his hand is a man who will be with a man who is looking for a slip on his part, and he will obtain wealth from partnership with a man. Whoever takes hold of the ship's ropes will improve his religion and associate with a decent man; and if he wanted to part from him, he will not.

(Whoever sees) in his dream a large ship standing, he will be prosperous that year with ample provision. If he sees that he boarded it with his family and friends, he will obtain honor, beauty, good and blessing, and will be saved from the hands of enemies. If he sees that he crossed in a skiff, he will take a risk from which grief will befall him. If a person sees that he is traveling on a ship with a gentle, pleasant voyage, it is a sign of good for all people; and if he sees hardship and turbulence befalling him on his voyage, it indicates grief and hardship that he will fall into. If he sees that the ship cracked apart, the state of those in it became severe and it broke up, it is a sign of evil for all people, except for one who is a captive or a slave, for whom it indicates deliverance from captivity and slavery. If he sees that he cannot sail the ship on the sea, it indicates detention that will come to him from some people, and the complication of his affairs and circumstances; for when a person sees that he is traveling on land and trees or mountains confront him and prevent him from moving on, the dream indicates his being held back and the complication of his affairs.

(Whoever sees) that he is on the seashore watching a ship sailing gently on the sea, that is good for all people; for one on a journey it indicates his return from his journey; and it may indicate news coming from the sea. If he sees the ships as if going upstream, it indicates slow good; and if he sees them going downstream, moving swiftly, the good is quick. The ship's cables indicate people of religion, the binding of matters, holding fast to things, and faith. The ship's sail indicates the sailor who steers it; the ship's rudder indicates the seamen serving on it; the oars indicate the ship's movement and the ship owner's children; and the ship's bow indicates its owner. Whatever damage, a hole or a break, occurs in any of its parts is interpreted accordingly.

(It is also said: whoever sees) that he boarded the ship will suffer a sudden loss. Whoever finds something on a ship, it is wealth for one seeking money, marriage for the unmarried, and a gift for one connected to the caliph.

(Whoever sees) that he is on a ship while the wind is blowing and the sea is ebbing and flowing, and he calmed that turmoil and removed it, will attain noble leadership and strong authority in which soldiers obey him, present and absent, so that even the greatest kings submit to him.

If he sees that his ship broke apart and its planks scattered, his mother will die, because she was his ship.

(Whoever sees) that he bought a ship and he is unmarried will marry or buy a slave girl. The ship's oar indicates knowledge for one who sees it in his hand. A ship sailing in the air indicates the death of its passenger, though it may indicate a defeated army, because of the weapons in it and the commanding chief. Whoever dies on a ship will be saved in the Hereafter from torment and saved in this world from what he fears.

(Whoever sees) a ship holed, that is salvation for its passenger, because of His saying, Exalted is He:

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا ۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًا

“So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."”

Quran 18:71 · Saheeh International

for it was saved from the hand of the king who was seizing every ship by force. It is also said that the ship is a plump woman, because the Arabs liken plump women to ships. The ship indicates Islam, which saves from ignorance and strife. The ship may indicate the Bridge (al-Sirat) on which the people of faith are saved from the Fire. If he boards the ship with the dead while he is sick, it is salvation from the trials of this world. If he is not sick and boards the ship while he is a seeker of knowledge, he will accompany a scholar and gain knowledge by which he will be saved from ignorance, because Moses boarded the ship with al-Khidr, peace be upon them both. If a debtor sees that, he will pay off his debt and his worry will go. If a deprived person, whose provision is restricted, sees that, his provision will come to him from where he does not expect. If a seeker of knowledge sees that his ship came out onto dry land and traveled with him over it, his knowledge and debating will lead him into heretical innovation, hypocrisy and sinfulness. A ship traveling in the air is a mount like other mounts, and it may indicate the bier of a sick person among rulers, judges, scholars and chiefs. Taking hold of the ship's rope is being good to one's parents and keeping the company of the righteous without leaving them. It indicates righteous deeds that save from destruction, and whatever work, craft or doctrine a person undertakes. It indicates the coffin of the dead, and the suspension of work, prayer and the Sunnas, such as the Eid prayer and the Friday prayer. Seeing the ship indicates fear and hope, because its passenger hopes for salvation by it and fears drowning. The ship indicates the camel that carries loads; it indicates making the difficult easy and safety from fear. The ship may indicate the mosque or the general market, because of people's gathering (in them). Ships in a dream indicate allegiance to the Prophet's household (Ahl al-Bayt), may God be pleased with them, because they are the ships of salvation. The ship indicates the tavern, which a person enters sober and leaves drunk with his mind reeling. It indicates a person's own self: its foot is his feet, its oars are his hands, its mast is his head, its sail is his mind by which he takes and gives, its planks are his ribs, what is inside it is his internal organs, and its ropes are his veins. A flawed ship indicates diligence in health, an increase in knowledge, safety from enemies, and wealth for the poor. The ship resting on a mountain is a sign of safety from enemies, and its sailing is a sign of seeking what one will not attain; it may indicate safety from hardships and dangers. If the ship flies off with him into the air, it is a sign of his death and being carried on his bier. If it sinks with him in the sea, it is a sign that he is among the people of the Fire. If his ship becomes iron or copper, it indicates long life for whoever it represents, or the permanence of his comfort. If part of it becomes iron and part wood, doubt will creep in regarding whoever the ship represents. If he sees that he ate the ship or swallowed it, he will consume its price, or inherit a large inheritance, or eat the meat of a slaughtered camel. If he sees that the ship spoke to him of what is acceptable, it indicates that he will receive wisdom from ignorant people. Seeing the Ark of Noah, peace be upon him, indicates joys, delights and the descent of rain, unless they (the people) are wrongdoers, in which case it indicates drought and affliction. Noah's Ark, peace be upon him, indicates relief from hardships, safety from drowning for those traveling by sea, marriage for the unmarried, a high position, and victory over enemies.