Whip

Seeing a whip in a dream signifies a friend suited to one’s condition and victory over the enemy; a whip descending from the sky signifies divine wrath; whipping someone signifies giving him advice and admonition; and blood issuing from the person who is whipped signifies speaking evil and futile words.

Whipping an animal in a dream signifies striving for sustenance together with supplication and taking hold of the means of every matter; whipping a living being or an object signifies the fulfillment of something of which hope had been abandoned and the resolution of a distress. A whip, cane, club, or every kind of stick held in the hand signifies disgracing and laying someone low, rising in rank, or assisting in something of good or evil. The whip is interpreted as the ending of needs and wishes. It is also interpreted as a sign of a righteous friend.

It is interpreted as strength, authority, power, and prestige. If the whip is in the person’s hand, it means that he will succeed in his work.

Seeing a whip in a dream is interpreted as desire and wish. Seeing a whip in a dream signifies a friend suitable for a child to play with. Seeing a whip descend from the sky in a dream is a sign of Allah’s (SWT) wrath and punishment. Seeing in one’s dream that an animal’s tail has been beautifully cut and made into a whip signifies that the person will draw near to a statesman.

Seeing oneself beating one’s donkey with a whip in a dream signifies that one is supplicating to Allah (SWT) for one’s livelihood; wishing to make the horse upon which one is riding run by lashing it with one’s whip signifies supplicating to Allah for the accomplishment of a matter that must be carried out hastily.

Seeing a whip lying somewhere in one’s dream is evidence that one will receive assistance from a high-ranking statesman.

Seeing oneself beating with a whip a man who goes about and wanders without harming anyone signifies that one is giving that man admonition. If that man becomes ill because of the beating, it signifies that the admonition has affected him and that, if he has sins, he will repent of them. If no such condition occurs, it signifies that the admonition has been of no benefit to him.

Seeing a man beaten until blood issues from the place struck signifies that one has committed injustice against that man; if no blood flows, it signifies that the man committed an offense for which he deserved that beating. If the blood of the man who was beaten stains any part of the beater’s body, the beater consumes unlawful property.

If the whip bends or breaks while one is being beaten in a dream, it signifies the deficiency and deviation of the dreamer’s intellect. Seeing oneself beaten by a high-ranking statesman in a dream is evidence that one will attain as much property or money as the number of lashes one received.

Whipping someone in a dream signifies speaking an evil word concerning that person; if blood flows from the place struck, it signifies that one will suffer loss in his property.

Striking any object with a whip in a dream signifies that a matter from which hope had been abandoned will revive and reach the light. According to another account: A whip seen in a dream signifies that the dreamer’s needs will come to an end, that he will attain his desire and wish, and that he will vanquish his enemy.

The whip signifies a child and a friend suited to one’s condition. If someone sees in a dream that a whip has descended from the sky, it signifies Allah’s (SWT) wrath and punishment. If someone beats his donkey with his own whip in a dream, that person is supplicating concerning his livelihood. If he wishes to make the horse upon which he is riding run by beating it with his whip, that person is praying for the emergence of a difficult matter that must be accomplished hastily.

If someone sees in a dream that he is beating a man with a whip, he gives that person admonition and counsel. If that man experiences pain or trembling because of the beating, the admonition and counsel affect him, and he repents and seeks forgiveness for the sins he has committed. If no such condition occurs, that man derives no benefit from the admonition and counsel given to him. If blood flows from the man he beat, the words spoken by that person to the man are not words of truth, but merely injustice; if no blood flows, it signifies that the words he spoke are words of truth. If, when he beats him, blood strikes the beater, unlawful property comes to that person from the one who was beaten. If blood spurts from the beater and reaches the one who was beaten, the one who was beaten acquires unlawful property from the beater.

Seeing a whip or lash in a dream signifies attaining a high position and money; according to some interpreters, it also signifies being subjected to slander and experiencing grief.

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