Preserved Tablet

Seeing the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawh al-Mahfuz) signifies glad tidings, well-being, guidance, knowledge, wisdom, and wealth. It also signifies trust, secrets, wealth, and safety from fear and severity.

Ja'far al-Sadiq said that seeing the Preserved Tablet is interpreted in five ways: leadership, children, guidance, knowledge, and influence.

Seeing the Pen of Divine Power writing upon the Preserved Tablet signifies goodness and blessing.

Seeing the Pen whole and sound signifies attaining abundance and blessing, success, and happiness.

Seeing one's name written on the Preserved Tablet signifies that one's lifespan has been completed and the appointed time has come. Whatever a person sees written on the Preserved Tablet will occur exactly as seen. For one who is in hardship and affliction, seeing the Preserved Tablet signifies glad tidings, the removal of distress, recovery for the sick, and well-being. The source explains this by saying that the Preserved Tablet is free of all deficiency, preserves the secrets that God Most High has written upon it, and is protected under the Divine gaze. Al-Nabulsi said that seeing the Preserved Tablet signifies knowledge and wealth for those qualified for them. It may also signify the guardian of trusts, secrets, wealth, and other things, and safety from fear and severity.

Seeing the tablets revealed to Moses signifies witnesses and imams through following whom guidance is attained. Sometimes this dream signifies a preacher and counsel. For a pious worshipper or a person of knowledge and understanding, seeing the Preserved Tablet signifies protection from all evil and, through the help of God Most High, spiritual unveiling and clarification.

Seeing a writing board signifies a wife, a child, and a field in which seed is sown. Sometimes it signifies safety from fear and, for students, the pursuit of knowledge. Receiving a tablet from a learned, virtuous, and spiritually knowledgeable person or from one of the leaders of the Muslims signifies authority, blessing, knowledge, and jurisprudence, and that the dreamer will attain the pearl of his desire.

Seeing an iron tablet signifies a strong, learned child protected from troubles and calamities. If the iron tablet is polished and shining, that child will attain everything he desires in the world. If the tablet is rusty, dirty, or filthy, the child will not attain status and honor. If a pregnant woman sees a tablet, it signifies that the child to be born will be male.