Playing

To see a game in a dream signifies distress. But to see children playing in a dream signifies a blessed event and a favorable matter for the family.

To see oneself playing in a dream is interpreted as calamity and illness. Some interpreters have said: If a person sees in a dream that he is playing, he will suffer a calamity or fall ill. Or his standing among the people will decline, and his affair will reach the point of disgrace.

To see oneself playing before a well-known person in a dream indicates mocking that person. To see a group playing before oneself is a sign that the people are mocking him.

According to Ja‘far al-Sadiq, playing in a dream is interpreted in three ways: grief and sorrow, affliction and calamity, and deficiency in esteem.

To see oneself playing a game in any manner in a dream indicates that his rivals will do everything in their power to overcome him, and that they wish, through fraud and intrigue, to obstruct his trade or the affairs he is contemplating.

To see oneself playing games such as chess, checkers, or backgammon in a dream is a sign that he wishes to establish some new order in his affairs.

To see oneself playing cards in a dream indicates that he keeps a secret among his friends and does not disclose his affairs to anyone; to see oneself playing in any manner in the countryside indicates that he will establish a company and attain profit.

To see oneself playing with a ball in a dream indicates that he will make certain agreements concerning trade and embark upon some new undertakings.

Ibn Sirin: Playing in a dream indicates heedlessness and a futile undertaking.

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 work and responsibility, success and reputation, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.