Ink

To see ink in a dream signifies rising through assistance and benevolence; soiling one’s garment with ink signifies sorrow and grief or illness; staining another person’s garment with ink signifies contending with that person but ultimately being defeated by him. Black ink signifies fame and joy, miraculous grace and exaltation; seeing a pen together with ink signifies a male child for one whose wife is pregnant; seeing oneself dip one’s pen into ink signifies committing an ugly deed; and seeing an ink-maker signifies knowledge and virtue, the fulfillment of needs, elevation, and rank.

To see ink in a dream signifies that, unless you pay attention to your actions, they will be misunderstood. It foretells that you are facing dangerous rivals. This dream also means that you will suffer failure in business life. For a man who sees this dream, it signifies a modern, intelligent, and harmonious wife. For women, it signifies money that will come through a working person.

The interpretation of seeing ink in a dream signifies that you have certain rivals who wish to slander you behind your back, and that these people resort to every means in order to take your work from you.

According to another narration: To see ink in a dream signifies exaltation and miraculous grace together with fame and joy. If a person’s shirt becomes stained with ink in a dream, or if another man stains his shirt with ink, it signifies that the latter will mock that person and overcome him, and that, because of this, the person will be exalted, rewarded, and praised in a good manner. At times, the person whose shirt is stained with ink in a dream will be afflicted with vitiligo. At times, ink stains the person’s garment while he is awake, just as he saw in the dream.

The meaning of seeing ink in a dream signifies honor, prosperity, and elevation in proportion to its worth. Ink signifies a wife, wealth, a servant, marriage, a benefit arising through a woman, and a matter arising through one’s children.

If a person sees in a dream that he has found ink, enmity will arise between him and his relatives, wife, or others. If a sick person sees ink, he will be freed from his illness and regain health. To see ink in a dream signifies rising through aid, honor, and goodness. At times, seeing ink signifies ordeal, hardship, and distress.

Ibn Sirin: Ink in a dream signifies honor, dignity, and the rising of a person’s star. If his shirt or garment is stained with ink, this signifies disgrace; yet in the end he will overcome his troubles and regain his former position. Seeing a garment stained with ink may be interpreted as leprosy, or as the ink staining the shirt. Ink also symbolizes power and dominion. Writing with ink signifies power and authority. Using ink, or seeing someone else use it, signifies honor, rank, and helping others, and may represent a learned man or a religious scholar.

With the right perspective, it can signify restoring balance, recovery, and developing a new understanding.

Uncertainty, indecision, or a tendency to take on excessive burden may be observed.

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