Hearing harsh and hard words in a dream, or speaking them to another person, signifies hatred between friends and loved ones.
Seeing clothing or food become hard and coarse signifies a decline in rank for people of wealth and comfort. However, if this dream is seen by people who prefer simplicity and purity in their clothing and food, it signifies their humility and contentment and righteousness in religion. At times, sitting in a hard place signifies unemployment, long life, and piety. After being in a hard place, moving to a soft place and sitting there signifies affairs becoming easier, safety from troubles and calamities, and relief after difficulty.
Seeing a hard and rigid place can also signify misguidance, innovation, and fanaticism in unlawful matters. A hard and rigid place also signifies deficiency of intelligence, whereas a soft place signifies intelligence and memory.