Child

To see a child in a dream signifies the adornment and joy of the world, as well as its trials and troubles. For a woman to see a child in her arms—if she has no child—signifies that she will become a mother; for a father or mother to see their own child in their arms signifies compassion and mercy; and for them to show affection to another’s child signifies caring for orphans and attending to children without guardians.

What does it mean to see a child in a dream? To see a child small enough to be carried in one’s arms signifies sorrow and grief; to see a child approaching puberty signifies glad tidings; and a child sometimes denotes a shortcoming, a sin, or the committing of a crime.

To see in a dream that one has a child who goes to school signifies repentance; to see oneself as a small child signifies receiving an inheritance through one’s mother; and for a poor person to see that he is a child born of his mother signifies sustenance and wealth. For a sick person to see himself as a child signifies his death; and for a wealthy person to see himself as a child signifies adversity and that his affairs will not reach completion.

To see in a dream that one has taken a child onto one’s back—that is, carried the child upon one’s back—signifies sorrow and grief; to see that one has a child despite not being married signifies advancement, health, security, and honor; small children signify simple and minor sorrows; and to see a child who has been left in a place such as a mosque or a street signifies an enemy or the gradual increase of adverse changes, the return of everything to its former state, and the departure of sorrow and grief. To see oneself killing a child in a dream signifies acquiring much knowledge.

To see several boys in a dream signifies property, a wife, and abundant good that will come one after another; to see one’s small child grow and become a man signifies strength and power; a male child signifies glad tidings, while a female child signifies sustenance and a blessed bounty.

To see a severed umbilical cord of a child in a dream signifies marriage; to see that one has lost one’s child is interpreted as relief and joy that will come after sadness.

To see many children in a dream is a sign of wealth and happiness. To see a male child in a dream signifies good news, while to see a female child signifies bad news. To see a nursing child signifies joy. To see a sick child means that your own child will be very healthy, but that you will encounter other problems.

What does it mean to see a child in a dream? It signifies news. A male child signifies good news, while a female child signifies amusing news or gossip.

What does it mean to see a child in a dream? It is interpreted as joy. To see a male child in one’s dream signifies joy and happiness; to see a female child signifies distressing news and then deliverance from that distress; and to see a baby nursing signifies that blessings and sustenance will rain upon the household in which the dream was seen.

To see oneself playing with a child in a dream signifies that one will receive good news; to see oneself as a child signifies that one will live a long life; to see oneself playing together with children at a school, or forming a line and setting out on an excursion, signifies that one will receive good from the members of one’s household; to find a baby abandoned in the street and bring it home signifies that fortune and happiness will come to that household; and to receive a child from an orphanage signifies rising to a station higher than the one one occupies.

To see many beautiful children in a dream is a sign of wealth and happiness. A sick child means that your own child will be very healthy. Yet this dream foretells that you will face other problems.

Ibn Sirin: A child carried in the arms in a dream signifies responsibility, distress, and difficulties. A child of adolescent age represents glad tidings or the dispersal of anxieties. To see a handsome adolescent child entering a town, descending from the sky, or emerging from beneath the earth signifies that glad tidings will come to pass shortly. To see a mature child in a dream signifies strength and superiority. Whoever sees himself in a dream as a child learning at school, this signifies that he will repent of a common sin to which he has become accustomed.

To see one of those known for knowledge learning together with other children in a kindergarten signifies falling into ignorance, losing one’s rank, or undergoing changes that will affect one’s financial circumstances. To see oneself in a dream receiving instruction as a child signifies that one will inherit from one’s mother. To see oneself as a newborn child in a dream signifies that one will become wealthy and attain prosperity. If a young man sees himself as a child in a dream, this has a negative meaning. If a sick person sees himself as a child in a dream, it signifies his death. To see oneself being rebuked as a child in a dream signifies that one will be defeated.

For one who looks into a mirror in a dream and sees his face as that of a child, while his wife is pregnant, this signifies that she will give birth to a male child who will resemble his father. Carrying a baby in one’s arms signifies distress and burdens. A child in a dream sometimes represents a weak enemy who at times displays friendship and at other times reveals his enmity. To see one’s wife giving birth to new children and playing around them signifies distress or calamity, and its consequences may be good or bad. Carrying a child in a dream signifies managing an inheritance or a financial investment. For an elderly person to see himself walking about like a small child in a dream signifies that he will undertake an act involving ignorance, or that he will lose his honor, ideals, and sense of dignity.

On the other hand, if such an elderly person who is suffering from depression, financial hardship, or health problems sees himself as a small child in a dream, this signifies deliverance from distress, recovery of health, and purification from sins, as on the day his mother gave birth to him. To see a small child in a dream hesitating to approach his father signifies financial promotion and enjoying life. To see a small child screaming in one’s arms signifies playing a stringed musical instrument. Children in a dream may also signify sorrow and pain, or happiness and joy. If the children in the dream are one’s own children, then they signify being tested through money.

Children in a dream may signify contentment with little, the loss of means of livelihood, or money, marriage, or a developing undertaking. To see the death of a child in a dream signifies, in waking life, the opposite of this. It is also interpreted as joy, reunions, pleasures, and gaining esteem. At times, the death of a child in a dream indicates the child’s or the spouse’s intention to separate from the family. A small male child in a dream signifies worries, responsibilities, difficult tasks, serving ignorant people, or dealing with worthless persons who waste one’s time. If a prisoner sees that he is carrying a small girl, this signifies that he will be freed from prison.

If someone passing through difficult times sees in a dream that he is holding a small girl, his troubles will be removed. If he is poor, he will prosper successfully, and the small girl will represent his glad tidings.

It provides early awareness; the person sees risks before they grow and can choose a more solid path.

Neglect, haste, untrustworthy people or uncontrolled behavior can increase the difficulty.

In the interpretation, the themes of emotional life and success and reputation, the emotional tone in the dream and how the symbol concludes should be evaluated together.