Sultan (King) سلطان

In a dream he is God Most High. Seeing him pleased indicates the pleasure of God Most High, just as his displeasure warns of His displeasure, Most High. Whoever sees him frowning without cause, the dreamer has introduced something into his prayer, or there is corruption in his obedience or his religion in proportion to the frowning. If he sees him cheerful, he will gain good in his religion and his worldly life, elevation, abundance and an improved condition in proportion to his feeling of safety with him. If he sees that God Most High made him a sultan on earth, he will obtain sovereignty if he is fit to govern; if not, turmoil will occur there in which shedders of blood will perish and the people of knowledge and piety will thrive. If he sees that he became a caliph or an imam, he will obtain honor and nobility, and will obtain the caliphate or the imamate if he is fit for it, but his children will not inherit it if they are unjust. If he sees that he turned into a caliph, there is no good in it unless he is fit for it; otherwise he will suffer humiliation and his affairs will fall apart until those around him and his servants rise above him, his enemies will gloat over him, and he will be struck by misfortunes. If he sees that he killed the caliph, he will seek a great matter and attain it.

(Whoever sees) that he turned into one of the great kings and sultans will gain affluence along with corruption of religion.

(Whoever sees) that he turned into a king while he is not fit for that will die soon; if he is capable of it, he will obtain leadership, a state, authority and power.

(Whoever sees) that he became a king while he is sick in waking life, his dream signifies his death. If he is healthy in body, it means the death of all his relatives and his separation from them. If he is a man of cunning and wickedness, his vision signifies his capture and being put in fetters. This dream also signifies the appearance of hidden things. If a slave sees that he is a king, it signifies his emancipation. If a philosopher or a fortune-teller sees that he became a king, that is praiseworthy for him and a sign of good, provided that in that state he did not need anyone else and was not deficient in it. If he sees in his dream that he is the head of a group, the head of a household, or an executor of a will, it signifies worries and sorrows that will befall him in his living, and loss, especially in illness and in soothsaying. All positions of leadership, if a woman sees them, signify her death; just as every leadership and rank that does not suit men but customarily suits only women — if a man sees that he has come into it, it signifies his death.

(Whoever sees) that he became a sultan in people's eyes will become great in people's eyes and attain his aim.

(Whoever sees) that he is Chosroes (the Persian emperor) will come to a great kingdom and much wealth.

(Whoever sees) that the sultan reproached him with words of kindness and wisdom, it means good relations between them. If he disputed with the just sultan with words of kindness and wisdom, he will obtain his need from him. If he walked alongside the sultan, he will conduct himself in what he owns as the sultan does and follow his way in it; if he brushed against him while walking, he will disobey him and reject his command. If he sees that he is riding behind the sultan on a mount, he will walk in step with him and follow him, or succeed him in his affairs during his life or after his death. If he ate with the sultan, he will gain honor and meet with victory in proportion to what he ate, and with war and open confrontation in proportion to the amount of food. If he entered the sultan's house, he will take charge of the affairs of his women, and the world will be made wide for him in proportion to how far he entered the sultan's house; if he entered it prostrating, he will obtain leadership and pardon. If he frequented the sultan's gate, he will triumph over his enemies and they will be unable to harm him. If the sultan gave him some worldly goods, he will obtain glory and pride in proportion to that gift and its substance. If he gave him a piece of silk brocade, he will give him a beautiful slave girl or marry him to a woman connected to a ruler. If he sees that the door of the king's house was moved, one of the king's officials will be transferred from his post, or the king will marry another woman. If a person sees that the sultan appointed him as his deputy over the most distant frontier outposts of the Muslims, it is honor, nobility and renown in proportion to how far that region is from the sultan's seat, from his city and from the cities of the Muslims. If he sees that the sultan spoke to him, he will gain honor and elevation, and the sultan may speak to him in waking life if he is worthy of it; otherwise he will obtain fame and blessings. If he is imprisoned, he will be released; if poor, he will become rich; if a merchant, his trade will grow; and if he is in a dispute, he will win it. If a governor sees that his letter of appointment has come to him, that is his dismissal at once; likewise if he looks in a mirror, it is his dismissal, and before long he will see someone like himself in his place — unless he is expecting a child, in which case he will then have a boy. Likewise if he sees that he divorced his wife, he will be dismissed. If he sees that he is sleeping on the sultan's bed and the bed is a known one, he will obtain from the sultan, or from a woman of rank or a slave girl, money that he will spend on a woman or slave girl in proportion to that bed. If it is unknown, the sultan will make him a partner in his authority and rule and appoint him over a land in proportion to the size and condition of that bed. If he sees the sultan walking on foot, he will keep a secret and prevail over his enemy. If the sultan sees that his subjects praised him, his name and praise will spread, his good works will become manifest and he will triumph over his enemy. If the sultan sees his subjects scattering gold dinars over him, they will make him hear something unpleasant; if they scatter silver dirhams over him, they will make him hear good words; if they scatter sugar over him, they will make him hear gentle words; if they throw stones at him, they will make him hear harsh words; if they shoot arrows at him, he is unjust to them and they pray against him all night long; and if an arrow hit him, he will suffer punishment. If he overpowered them for their sheep and their necks, he will prevail over their nobles. If he threw them into the fire, he is calling them to unbelief and innovations. If the sultan sees that he has two horns, he will obtain the kingdom of the East and the West, because of the story of Dhul-Qarnayn (the Two-Horned), and he will be just, fair, and a conqueror of lands. If the sultan sees that he rode a compliant eagle, he will obtain the kingdom of the East and the West and then be forsaken, because of the story of Nimrod. If the sultan sees people prostrating to him, they will humble themselves before him; if he sees them praying for him, they will praise him with good. If the sultan sees that he acts on his wife's opinion, his kingdom will be lost, or he will fall into great distress, or he will be imprisoned; if he went against her, he will be saved from great distress and will come into money; otherwise he will be on the brink of ruin. If the sultan sees that he fought a king and threw him down, the one overcome is the one who overcomes. If he fought a lion and threw it down, he will overcome a tyrannical, murderous king. If the sultan sees that he rode a horse while wearing weapons and a shield protecting him… If he sees that he is going along his road and a commoner met him and whispered in his ear, he will die suddenly. If a king sees a servant giving him drink and food without being seen, he will obtain a kingdom in which he will have no rival, without enemy or contender. If a boy feeds him, his enemies will hold back from him and submit to him, and he will see no harm from them. If a slave girl feeds him, he will obtain a kingdom with joy and comfort if the food is rich, and that will come with wealth and long life. If the sultan sees that a boy fed him a morsel, he will suffer a misfortune from his enemy; if he swallowed it, he will escape his enemy's plot; and if he choked on the bitter morsel, he will die. If a leader, a merchant or a scholar sees all of that, they will obtain leadership, trade and knowledge in which no one will oppose them.

If the king sees that he is preparing a dining table and decorating it, a group of rebels will oppose him; he will consult them and triumph over them. If he sees that he placed food on the table, a messenger will come to him concerning a dispute: if the food is sweet, it is joy; if it is rich and fatty, the dispute will last; if he removed the sweet and served the sour, rich food, it is good and steadfastness; if it has no fat, there will be no steadfastness in it. If the removing and placing of food goes on for long, that dispute will go on for long.

Eating with the just sultan is honor and good in religion and worldly life, and grief in the way of God. If the sultan sees that he left his rule of his own accord, he will do something he will regret; if his removal was by someone else, it is weakness and humiliation in his affairs from others. If he sees that he is a sultan walking in the markets with others, all of that is humility and makes his rule stronger; if it is for some other reason, he is placing himself among his subjects in a position that is lowly in worth and importance. If the sultan sees his appearance as that of a common market-man, it does not harm him; rather it increases him in good, if he is pleasing God by it and humbling himself before Him. If he sees the sultan praying without ablution, or in a place where prayer is not permitted, such as a garbage dump or a cemetery, he is seeking something that has already passed; if it is a governorship, it has no troops. If he sees that he is sick, it is the sickness of his religion and his injustice to his subjects, while his body will be healthy that year. If he sees that he died without seeing any of the signs of death, he will lose a region of his realm that year, or part of his palace will collapse, or a worry will befall him that leaves him bewildered and stunned. If he sees the sultan carried on men's shoulders, it is corruption in his religion, the strength of his rule, and his riding on men's necks without justice or gentleness. If he sees that the sultan died and was not buried, it is corruption of religion for him and for the common people, and the soundness of their religion and their return to it may be hoped for as long as he is not buried and the earth is not leveled over him. If he died, was buried, the earth was leveled over him and the people left him, it is despair of that matter, unless God Most High wills otherwise. Every dream seen about a dead king being alive is interpreted as concerning that dead king's descendants and the revival of his conduct among his subjects as in the days of his life, and as concerning his household and his people according to what they used to be promised during his reign. If the sultan sees that his seat is higher than it was, his rule will rise and become exalted; if he sees that his seat is lower than it was, his rule will decline and his affairs will deteriorate.

(Whoever sees) the just sultan entering a quarter or place, the mercy of God Most High will cover that place and justice will descend upon it. If a mighty king sees that he entered a house, a quarter or a land where his entering would be considered strange in waking life, it is a calamity that will befall the people of that place in proportion to that sultan; if his entering there would not be considered strange, his entering does not harm the people of that place.

(Whoever sees) that he frequents the gates of kings will triumph through gifts and attain his wish. If he sees that he went in to a king, he will obtain honor, power, joy and wealth. If he sees that he passes by his sultan, he will obtain esteem and honor. If he sees that he carried food to a sultan or to a noble man, distress will meet him, then he will be saved from it and gain money from where he did not expect.

(Whoever sees) that he disputed with a king will obtain delight and joy, and much good will come about at his hands. Seeing dead kings indicates what they left behind, or laid down and established after them. Seeing living kings in a particular town or place is a sign of deteriorating conditions and humiliation among people. Seeing a king signifies victory over enemies, and wickedness. Seeing him signifies a lion, just as seeing a prince signifies a wolf, a merchant a fox, a broker a dog, and a believer a sheep. He (peace be upon him) said: "What a sheep, between a lion, a fox and a dog!" Seeing an unknown sultan signifies fire, the sea, and sleep that overpowers a person. If he says, "I saw the sultan in a dream," it is a sign of his having power over those beneath him, or of someone gaining power over him by order of a person of authority. Moreover, the sultan is the child, the mother, the master teacher, the tutor, and the wife, because of her power and her desire that usually prevails over the man's desire. Whoever sees the king in a good state, it is a sign of the good condition of his subjects, their security and the abundance of their livelihoods; if he sees him in a bad state, it is a sign of his poor management of the subjects, the enemy's overpowering his lands, and the weakness of his troops. An unknown king, governor or tutor may signify the Truth (God), glorified is He. Seeing the king may signify coins minted from his dirhams or dinars. If in the dream the king comes to have an army like that of the Prophet (God bless him and grant him peace) in the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) or on the day of Hunayn, he will be supported, triumphant and victorious.

(Whoever sees) in a dream that he is a prince or sultan may gain power over people's honor, or practice alchemy, or mint counterfeit coins. Likewise, if he became a judge, he will forge the handwriting of officials, and he may fabricate lies. If he sees that he became a king, his worth will rise as befits him: if he is poor, he will become rich; if he is a scholar, he will uphold (his knowledge) as is due; if unmarried, he will marry; if he is a craftsman, people will point to his expertise; and if he is one of the common people, he will impose his evil and injustice on people. If the sultan died, the dreamer's condition will weaken and people will hold him in contempt, or he will part from the one through whom he held power over people, and he may withdraw his hand from his oath of allegiance and betray his sultan.

(Whoever sees) that he is embracing the sultan or shaking his hand, and there were words of kindness between them, his standing with him or with other people of his authority will improve.

(Whoever sees) that he is disputing with a sultan will argue and dispute using the Quran, because "sultan" in the language means a proof. If he sees that he is eating food with the sultan, grief will reach him from that direction in proportion to the food, because of the fire that touched it.

(Whoever sees) the sultan came to his home will need his help, will be safe from him, and will become one of his inner circle.

(Whoever sees) that the sultan seized him on suspicion and appointed someone to hold him until he received what a suspect receives, his need will be met. If he escaped before that and became safe from him, his need will slip away from him and he will not attain it for a long time, though he will attain it in any case. If a sick person sees that an unknown sultan sent for him, or a governor sent his assistants for him, they are the messengers of the Angel of Death; for God is the Sultan and He is the Judge between His servants.

(Whoever sees) that the sultan took his cap, he will take his wealth; and if he is an official, he will dismiss him. If he sees that the sultan is in his death throes, he is in distress or on the verge of dismissal, and that will happen to him. Whoever sees that the sultan is insane, he is troubled in his rule. Whoever sees that the sultan moved away from his seat, or was removed from it, or was overpowered, or that some of his authority, his robes, or something he was wearing was stripped from him there, that is the diminishing or loss of his rule, and there is no good in it — unless he sees that he moved to something better than what he was in, in which case his change will be like that.

(Whoever sees) that a sultan left his house the way one leaves who does not intend to return to it, that is his departure from his rule in any case.

(Whoever sees) that the sultan's pulpit broke under him or he fell from it, or that he led his subjects in prayer and did not complete his prayer, or shaved his head, or his cloak was taken from him or his sword from his neck, or his house collapsed, or a net or the like was set for him and he fell into it, or a bull butted him, or a riding animal trampled him, or people trampled him — all of that is his dismissal from his rule, and there is no good in it.

(Whoever sees) that the sultan's head is large or his neck thick, it is an increase of strength in his rule and leadership and an increase in his wealth and his kingdom. If he sees a deficiency or weakness in either of them, it is a decrease in his rule and a weakening of his strength. Black clothes for the sultan are an increase of strength; white ones are splendor and coming out of a sin; cotton clothes are the appearance of piety and humility from him, few enemies and security for as long as he lives; woolen clothes are abundant blessing in his kingdom and the appearance of fairness; and silk brocade clothes are the appearance of Pharaoh-like deeds and bad conduct. The sultan or prince taking off his cap, his robe or his belt is weakness in his rule. His wearing an iron boot is his winning the wealth of idolaters and protected non-Muslim subjects. His flying with his wings is strength for him, his taking people captive, gaining money from where he did not expect, conquering lands and triumphing over his enemies. If he sees the sultan following the Prophet (God bless him and grant him peace), he will follow in his footsteps in his Sunnah. If he sees that he was dismissed and a young man appointed in his place, some harm will reach him in his rule from some of his enemies, thieves and deceivers.

(Whoever) of such people sees that he became a sultan will be fettered and imprisoned and his state will become known. Likewise, if a spy sees that he became a sultan, the state he has concealed will be exposed. If a woman sees that she is a sultan or a caliph, she will be disgraced, and if she is sick, she will die.

(Whoever sees) a just sultan living in a town, justice will spread in that town. Likewise, if he sees an unjust sultan living in a place, injustice will descend on that place.

(Whoever sees) a sultan entering a village, injustice and corruption will descend upon it.

(Whoever sees) largeness in a sultan's head, it is leadership and strength in his rule. If he sees blindness in the sultan's eye, the news of his people will be hidden from him. If he sees that his tongue became long and thick, he has complete weapons and deadly swords, and it announces that he will obtain money and benefit through an interpreter who speaks for him. If he sees that the sultan's head is the head of a ram, he will begin with justice, fairness and kindness; if he sees his head as the head of a dog, he will begin his dealings with foolishness and baseness. If he sees an unusual breadth in his cheek, it is an increase in his honor and splendor. If he sees thickness in his neck, it is his strength in his justice and fairness and his defeat of his enemies. If he sees that his chest turned to stone, he will be hard-hearted. If he sees fatness and strength in his body, it is the strength of his religion, his Islam and his worldly life. If he sees that his hand turned into the hand of a sultan, he will obtain authority, and the same justice or injustice will be carried out by his hand as was by the hand of that sultan. If he sees that his body is the body of a dog, he will act with foolishness and baseness; if he sees that his body is the body of a snake, he will reveal the enmity he conceals; if he sees that his body is the body of a ram, generosity and fairness will appear from him. If he has a fat tail like a ram's tail and is licking it with his tongue, he has a son blessed with provision through whom he will make his living. If he sees that his belly turned into brass, he will be of great benefit. If he sees largeness in his belly, it is an increase in his wealth, his children and his household. If he sees strength and length in his arms, his helpers are people of strength and valor; if he sees largeness in them, it is an increase in his wealth. If he sees his legs longer than they were, it is an increase in his lifespan and length of stay. If he sees that they turned into marble, he will have a long, splendid and happy life. If he sees that his thighs turned into copper, his clan will be bold in committing sins. If he sees that his legs turned into lead, he will have much wealth wherever he goes. Whoever sees a sultan flying with wings and feathers, he will be a strong and exalted sultan. If he sees that his fingers increased in number, his greed and injustice will increase and his fairness will lessen.