Scissors

Seeing scissors in a dream signifies one who distinguishes between truth and falsehood, children and servants, and one who reconciles people with one another. Seeing that one has scissors in one’s hand denotes having another child; for a mother, a male sibling; for a bachelor, marriage; and an increase in one’s mounts (such as an animal, automobile, and the like).

Seeing scissors descend from the sky in a dream signifies the end of one’s life. Seeing people cut their beards or garments with scissors signifies backbiting them, or two partners who are in agreement on every matter. Shearing hair or wool with scissors signifies amassing wealth. Cutting something with scissors signifies receiving payment for a task.

A man who sees scissors in his hand in a dream will have more brothers and sisters; if he is unmarried, he will marry. Whoever sees scissors descending upon him will have his life come to an end. Seeing oneself cutting something or hair with scissors signifies that a good opportunity will arise in one’s business life.

Taking scissors in one’s hand in a dream means becoming stronger. If a married woman sees scissors, she will have a daughter. Seeing scissors sometimes also signifies twin daughters. Seeing bright, steel scissors in a dream signifies success.

Cutting one’s hair with scissors in a dream means setting out on a journey. A man who sees scissors in his hand will have a brother or sister. If the man is unmarried, it means that he will marry. Seeing oneself cut something with scissors is interpreted as a good opportunity arising in one’s working life. Scissors signify quarrelling and jealousy between spouses or lovers. They signify intelligence, strength, and success.

Whoever sees in a dream that scissors have been given to him, or that he has found or purchased them, will have a male child. All living things in his house will become pairs. Whoever sees himself cutting something with scissors in his dream will attain his desire. Whoever sees himself shearing wool or hair with scissors will earn money through his poetry or words.

Seeing oneself cut one’s beard, nails, or garment with scissors, and seeing tears in garments, is not interpreted as خير.

According to Kirmani: Whoever sees in his dream that scissors have been given to him will have an increase equivalent to whatever possessions he has. Seeing one’s scissors break, or seeing broken scissors, signifies the loss of one’s property.

According to Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz: Scissors are interpreted as a person well known among the people. Whoever has scissors in his hand but sees that they cut nothing will be brought before a judge. According to some interpreters, seeing scissors in a dream is interpreted as a person who sets people against one another and separates them.

According to Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing scissors in a dream has three interpretations: a person who distributes, a suitable friend, and one who causes discord among the people.

According to another account: Seeing scissors in a dream signifies an authority who distinguishes between truth and falsehood. Seeing scissors also signifies an abundance of children. Whoever sees that he has scissors in his hand, if he has a child, will have another child. His brothers and sisters will also increase in number. If he has a mount, he will acquire another one. However, if the person who sees this dream is unmarried, he will marry.

If someone sees scissors descend from the sky in a dream, that person’s life will come to an end. If someone sees a number of people cutting their beards or garments with scissors in a dream, that person will backbite those people or betray them.

Some interpreters said that it signifies two partners who are in agreement. Some interpreters said that if a person sees scissors in his hand in a dream, that person will have a maternal half-brother born to him. Whoever shears hair or wool with scissors in his hand will acquire abundant wealth. Scissors are a person who distributes property. Whoever cuts something with scissors receives something in return for his labor.

Whoever sees scissors in his hand in a dream will need a judge because of an enmity. Some interpreters also said that scissors signify a person who sets matters right among people.

The person who takes scissors in his hand in a dream becomes stronger. Small scissors signify intelligence; that is, through human intelligence, one finds a remedy for everything. If a married woman sees scissors, she will have a daughter. Sometimes this also signifies twin daughters. Bright steel scissors signify success.

Cutting hair with scissors in a dream signifies a journey.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing scissors in a dream signifies slandering a person by harming his reputation without observing the truth. Scissors in a dream also represent a legal representative, a mediator, or one who separates two people.

It can be read as a sign of easing, receiving support, gaining morale, or a fruitful development.

Underestimating opportunities, succumbing to comfort, or being late may reduce the positive effect.

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.