Dreaming of a key can symbolize solutions, access, and new possibilities. This dream may provide important insights into various aspects of your life. Your personal experiences and feelings about keys can help you understand the meaning of this dream. This symbol may reflect your deepest desires and fears in life.
From Imam Muhammad Ibn Seerin's Dictionary of Dreams According to Islamic Inner Traditions â entry "Key" (page 238).
A key in a dream represents money, a helping hand, entering the path of knowledge, or it could mean receiving divine guidance. Carrying a bunch of keys in a dream means prosperity, knowledge and security against one's enemy. Keys in a dream also represent one's children, emissaries, spies, servant, wife or wealth. Keys in a dream also mean attaining one's goal, or fulfillment of one's
DICTIONARYOF DREAMS 239 prayers. A key in a dream also may mean victory over one's enemy. Holding a wooden key in a dream indicates the character of one who refuses to help others, or ifhe holds their money in trust, it means that he does not repay them, for wood in a dream means hypocrisy. Holdingto a key that has no teeth in a dream means cheating an orphan of his inheritance, or becoming a guardian of an estate and deceiving its rightful heirs. Holding to the key of Paradise in a dream means acquiring knowledge, lawful wealth, or receiving an inheritance. Keys in a dream also represent the coffers they open. Seeing a key in a dream also means performing a pilgrimage to Mecca. A key made of iron in a dream represent a strong and a dangerous man. It also means openness in one's life. Turning a key to open a door or a padlock in a dream means attaining victory over one's enemies. Opening a door or a lock without a key in a dream means attaining the same through prayers. Finding a key in a dream means finding a treasure, or profits from a farmland. If a wealthy person finds a key in his dream, it means that he owes alms tax and he should immediately distribute what he owes, pay charities and repent for his sins. Holdingto the key ofthe holy Ka'aba in a dream means working for a ruler or an Imam. If a woman receives keys in a dream, it means her betrothal. Having difficulty to open a door, even with a key in a dream means hindrances in one's business, or failure to attain one's goal. A key in a dream also represents new knowledge for a scholar or a learned person. Putting a key inside a door in a dream means placing a deceased person inside his coffin or grave, or it could mean having sexual intercourse with one's wife. Kb,adija: (Mother of the believers, wife of God's prophet Muhammad upon whom be peace.) Seeing her in a dream means happiness in one's life and a blessed progeny . .lQl.alib: (arb. See Preacher; Sermon) Kb,awf: (arb. Fear. See Five times prayers) Kb,anqah: (Cave; Den; Harbor; lodge; Refuge; Retreat; Sanctuary) Visiting a khiinqan in a dream means travels, asceticism, piety, fear of wrongdoing, reading the Qur'iin, ceasing to seek worldly gains, observing sexual abstinence, or it could mean suffering from asphyxia. Kb,ldr: (arb. God's prophet Enoch (uwbp); Companion of Moses upon both of them be peace.) Seeing God's prophet Enoch (uwbp) in a dream means prosperity after depression, being at peace with what one carries, inexpensiveness after a juncture of soaring prices. Khidr in one's dream also represents longevity, or attending the pilgrimage in Mecca. Kb,imar: (A piece of fabric worn by some women as part of their headdress; To conceal one's face; Attire; Cap; Garb; Mantle; Mantilla; Veil) In a dream, a khimar represents a husband, protection or an ornament. The extent of its size shows the man's prosperity. Its finesse connotes clarity and the color white represents honor and dignity. If a woman sees herself wearing a mantilla in a dream, it means maliciousness, a bad omen, or rancor and falsehood of female companions that might cause difficulties, or separate between a husband and a wife. Ifthe khirnar is made of black torn fabric in the dream, it means poverty of one's husband, or his being natural, or unsophisticated. Damage to one's veil in a dream means difficulties affecting one's marriage, loss of business or a calamity caused by a guardian, a father or a brother. If a man sees himself wearing a mask in a dream, it means that he will commit adultery with his servant. Ifa woman sees herself removing her veil in public in a dream, it means that she will be tried with a calamity that will take away her sense of shame. If she loses her khimiir in the dream, it means that she may lose her husband. Ifshe finds it again in the dream, it means that her husband will return to her. In a dream, a khimar also represents one's religion. (Also see Veil; Yashmak)
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Note: Islamic dream interpretation depends on the dreamer's circumstances and state. This is a general guide drawn directly from the source book.
