Bread
Classical interpretations
If a person sees thin flatbread in a dream, it signifies a very good and ample livelihood.
Seeing oneself roll up bread and eat it is a sign of blessing and provision.
Seeing oneself find a loaf of bread is a sign of greatness and an increase in provision.
Seeing oneself distribute bread to the poor signifies low prices and blessing, and sincerity and firmness in religion.
Seeing bread is also a sign of an increase in knowledge, a good wife, sweet and pleasant days ahead, and abundant wealth and provision.
Seeing bread in a high place signifies that its price will rise; seeing oneself bake bread in a tandoor signifies the height of one's position and standing; seeing oneself take bread out of the tandoor signifies wealth that will come into one's hands in proportion to the number of loaves taken out.
Seeing bread trampled underfoot signifies abundance and low prices.
Seeing white bread is a sign of easily digested provision and abundance in livelihood.
Seeing thin flatbread signifies a journey and the easing of difficult matters.
Seeing shredded-pastry kadayif is interpreted as knowledge and guidance. If the bread seen in a dream is sweet like honey and sugar, it is a sign of high market prices.
Seeing oneself eat bread with something bad is a sign of eating honey with its wax. Al-Nabulsi said: The most excellent bread in interpretation is bread baked in an oven. Bread signifies knowledge, Islam, and sometimes life and the wealth that sustains life. Sometimes thin flatbread is a sign of a nurturing mother.
Seeing pure bread made from clean, fine flour is a sign of a good and pleasant livelihood, pure knowledge, and a beautiful and fair wife.
Seeing oneself distribute bread to people signifies, for a student, acquiring the knowledge he needs. If a preacher sees himself distribute bread, it is interpreted as his counsel and admonitions. But those to whom he distributes bread and gives charity will be superior to him.
Seeing a dead person give oneself bread signifies wealth and provision that will come from an unexpected place and through another's hand. If a person sees bread on the clouds, on a house, or on one of the trees, it is a sign that bread will become expensive. Other foods are interpreted in the same way.
Seeing oneself immediately eat up all the loaves given to one is a sign that one's appointed time is near and one's life is ending. For a person does not die before using up his provision in this world.
Seeing oneself take only one morsel of bread is interpreted as greed. If a head of state sees pure, well-baked, clean bread, it is a sign of his justice and fairness.
Seeing small bread is interpreted as a short life and little provision. If a person sees thin flatbread hanging on his forehead, it is his need and poverty.
Seeing spoiled and moldy bread signifies wealth that does not benefit its owner and on which alms are not paid. It has been said: Whoever sees himself eat plain bread will fall ill alone and die alone and a stranger. Unbaked bread is a sign of severe illness or malaria.
Seeing bread grow wings and fly away is interpreted as famine and high prices. As the saying goes: "Bread is in the lion's mouth." What this saying means is the difficulty of earning a living.
Seeing thin flatbread is sometimes a sign of a journey and sometimes of the easing of difficult matters.
Seeing shredded-pastry kadayif is knowledge, guidance, and purity of heart.
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