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Tearing Down One’s Shirt Dream Meaning

To tear open one’s garment in a dream means divorce. [1]

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  1. Islamic Dream Interpretation by Ibn Seerin [Back to dream]

What does Tearing down one’s shirt mean in a dream?


To dream of putting on your shirt, is a sign that you will estrange yourself from your sweetheart by your faithless conduct.To lose your shirt, augurs disgrace in business or...

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Tearing garments is something that, in many religions and cultures, is a symbol of pain or humiliation. This dream portends slander and abuse.If others are tearing your clothes, it would...

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A Shirt or kurtah symbioses the Deenbi and worldly life of the dreamer.The longer the shirt or kurtah the greater his involvement in Deen and worldly matters.

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If a shirt features in your dream, it may have been an unconscious reminder to iron one when you awake. Otherwise puns may help with the interpretation. Are you overdependent...

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To dream of a round full waist, denotes that you will be favored by an agreeable dispensation of fortune.A small, unnatural waist, foretells displeasing success and recriminating disputes.For a young...

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A dream of losing a shirt stud under a bureau or other piece oi furniture is a warning to guard your temper lest it get you into serious difficulties.

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It is always a fortunate omen, when you dream of your Shirt or your Chemise. Good fortune follows your efforts.

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(a loose shirt or tunic) : if it was new and wide-spreading then it is interpreted upon 6 sides: a vision of religious people, shelter & living & pleasantness /...

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To dream of shirt-studs, foretells you will struggle to humor your pride, and will usually be successful.If they are diamonds, and the center one is larger than the others, you...

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Wearing a buttoned and a tight shirt, a blouse, or other apparel in a dream means experiencing tight circumstances, or reuniting with a traveller returning home, or it could mean...

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(Knowledge) In a dream, ink signifies honor, dignity and the rising of one’s star. Ifone’s shirt or garment are stained with ink in a dream, it means disgrace, though one...

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Vision: Looking at or wearing a beautiful dress: you are living comfortably, enjoying good fortune and popularity.If the dress is too short: you are lacking confidence or feeling inferior. Taking...

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Symbolic of cutting or tearing down by the power of God, Isa. 10:34

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Clearing ground in life or tearing things down

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Dreams of splitting something apart symbolize your quest for knowledge or that your inner critic is tearing you apart.

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(Buttonhole, Fastener, Man) A button in a dream represents protection, guarding one’s honor, ajust contract, money, or profits particularly if the button is made of silver or gold.A button and...

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Lice in a dream mean worldly success and prosperity.If one finds lice in his shirt in a dream, they mean receiving an endowment, or renewal of a leadership position. In...

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Smoothing out problems; research anatomical location, i.E. Shirt, pants, etc.

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What image would you like to present to the outside world? Similar to Shirt.Folklore: Hard work and little reward.

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Success in your business, trade or profession is predicted if you dream of tearing the armhole of your coat.

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You will be obliged to defend your honesty and/or integrity if you dreamed of cutting (or tearing) a nail down to the quick.

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Material aspects: A situation may be tearing us apart and drastic action may be necessary before we can recover our equilibrium.

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If you dreamed of tearing up something that doesn’t belong to you, you will have a period of bad luck.To see or find something of your torn up is a...

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To dream of wearing one denotes an honorable career; to dream of tearing it, hasty action (Gypsy).

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If you chance to dream of the crucifixion, you will see your opportunities slip away, tearing your hopes from your grasp, and leaving you wailing over the frustration of desires.

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Tearing wedges of orange, garlic, or other food indicates an unstable economic situation. It may be a warning that you should be cautious about spending money.

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Spiritual covering; the outward reflection of one’s inner spirit; research color, fabric, size, condition, type, i.E. Shirt, pants, etc.

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If you dream of scaffolding, then you are under construction. You are tearing down the old ways of being and creating new structures that are large enough and strong enough...

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Feelings and emotions. Idioms: stuffed shin; shin sleeves, informal.

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Grinding up, tearing something into little pieces in order to digest it; beginning the understanding process. Strength, intention; put some teeth into your position. Discussion. Need to verbalize.If teeth are...

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Tearing or destroying the Holy Qur’aan means he is guilty of negating the Holy Qur’aan. Eating its pages means he is making fun of it; he has no regard for...

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(Clothing) Wearing a linen shirt in a dream means living an honorable life, earning lawful money and savings.(Also see Clothing)

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Dreams of a war signify chaos, endings, death, and that you are tearing down old belief structures within you and are undergoing massive transformation with regards to internal conflicts within...

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lucky numbers: 03-11-25-26-31-32buying a: make time for friends to visit. of a: are prone to being too impatient and miss the present. tearing off sheets from a: time is passing...

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To be in a rage and scolding and tearing up things generally, while dreaming, signifies quarrels, and injury to your friends.To see others in a rage, is a sign of...

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Dreams of Las Vegas represent that you are taking a gamble on yourself, taking chances. This dream may be a warning to not loose your shirt, and to remember that...

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Vision: Knitting stockings: you will uncover the source of the ugly gossip that is going around. Tearing a stocking while putting it on: you have wronged someone and need to...

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lucky numbers: 20-25-30-38-41-52buying a: are wasting good time. cloak, wearing a: need to protect what you have covered up. fixing a: wil be exact in own affairs. mantle on own...

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Dreams of a wrecking ball signify that you are tearing down an old, outmoded system in order to build up a new structure that is better, stronger and more powerful...

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A topi symbolises wither a person’s capital, his brother, his son or his leader. Any excellence or defect seen in a topi bespeaks of similar excellence or defect in any...

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In a dream, blood represents unlawful or illegal money, or an evil act that will emanate from the person seeing the dream.If one sees himself dragging his feet through puddles...

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(God’s prophet Joseph, upon whom be peace, arb. Yiisuf) Seeing God’s prophet Joseph (uwbp) in a dream means attaining high rank or a vice-regency. Seeing him (uwbp) in a dream...

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Fences represent the need for good boundaries in relationships.A fence that is tom down may signify the tearing down of the boundaries or barriers in a relationship.A wooden fence keeps...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: To dream of being in tears and then to wake up and discover that we are actually crying, suggests that some hurt or trauma has come...

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Symbol: The coat is a symbol of protection. Vision: Wearing a new coat: a new start in your life and your success at work. Wearing an old coat: your present...

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If formal documents or deeds—such as birth, marriage or death certificates, wills and deeds—appear in your dream, this may express an important turning point in your life or your feelings...

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To dream of a famine, foretells that your business will be unremunerative and sickness will prove a scourge. This dream is generally bad.If you see your enemies perishing by famine,...

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Colors express qualities and attnbutes that may indicate your mood in a dream. Colors may add more detail to the attitudes and beliefs that are expressed in a dream. Thus,...

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lucky numbers: 11-17-30-31-32-40being bad-natured: your disruption, anxiety, complexity and war are waged on others. mate being: people nearby are trying to destroy happiness. relatives who are: in the lion’s den...

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lucky numbers: 03-06-26-27-29-44buying: wil have a vigorous mind; open it up to others. loose, your: your social face is in meltdowns; button up and survey the damage. losing: another’s secret...

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Vision + Depth Psychology: Dreaming about clodies reveals how you see yourself. It might also be a sign of your need to hide from others (to disguise yourself). Different clothes...

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lucky numbers: 03-11-26-27-32-34buying an: anticipation of lonely outcome after an opportunity is missed. closed, a: difficulties are ahead that preoccupy your tenacity. mailing an: wil receive sad news, but depression...

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Vision: Putting on a pair of pants: you would like to be in charge of your family and your surroundings (this is the case for men’s and women’s dreams). It...

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Symbolic of your life or the place where you live or work, Matt.12:43-44.A person tearing down their own house is symbolic of a fool, Prov.14:1. A crumbling house is symbolic...

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The childlike, vulnerable, dependent, innocent, pure part of a person that Christlike has the power to defeat evil. A dream about slaughtering lambs will suggest success at the expense of...

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A belt is symbol of support and, as such, it indicates anxieties about keeping up a public face. A belt is also a bond that holds tightly and restricts freedom...

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lucky numbers: 07-08-15-16-42-43cotton: your ideas bring you big pleasure, but can never be realized. dark-colored: satisfaction wil be your only reward. darning: salvaging your home wil be temporary. hanging up...

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In a dream, soap represents the washing away of one’s sins, dispelling distress and adversities, or paying one’s debts. Seeing a soap boiler inside one’s house in a dream represents...

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Vision: Picking flowers means material success and a pleasant emotional experience. Seeing a bouquet of fresh flowers: good luck in love and friendship. Decorating yourself with flowers means the deepening...

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Seeing oneself as weeping will be interpreted as joy and happiness as long as such weeping is not done with sound, screaming or tearing one’s collar to pieces as when...

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The falcon and the sparrow hawk symbolize spiritual, moral, or intellectual elevation. In Ancient Egypt, this bird was the emblem of the human soul. However, in the Middle Ages, the...

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To dream that you see a lion signifies you shall discourse with the ting or some great captain, or other valiant warrior.If any dreams he combats with a lion, it...

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(Panties, Underpants) One’s underwear in a dream represents his chastity.If one discovers wetness in his underpants in a dream, it means that his wife is pregnant. Seeingone’s underpants soiled with...

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(Underpants, Underwear) If one discovers some wetness in his underpants in a dream, it means that his wife is pregnant.If one defecates in his underpants in a dream, it means...

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The darker sides of life connect with the color black. Though it is thought of as the absence of color to some, in the world of physics, black is actually...

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(Invisible stitches, Mend, Patch, Regret) To mend a garment with interlacing stitches in a dream means correcting oneself, piety, godliness, appropriateness, good reputation, being free from illness, arming oneself, or...

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(Person) When a man is recognized in a dream, he is the same person in wakefulness, or it could be his brother, or a person with the same resemblance or...

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(Bond, Bridge, Contract, Liaison, Tie) To make a knot in one’s shirt in a dream means engaging in business. Tying a knot with a rope in a dream represents one’s...

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