Forbearance (Burdens; Carrying weight; Porter; Serving others) If a worthy person displays forbearance in a dream, it means that he will rise in station, but if an unfit person displays forbearance in a dream, it could mean burdens, responsibilities, sins or a sickness. (Also see Patience) Dream Interpreter: Ibn Sirin

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Wood Wood symbolizes religious hypocrisy or hypocritical people in general, especially dry wood. God says in the Holy Quran “And when thou seest them  (the hypocrites) their figures please thee; and if they speak thou givest ear unto their speech.  (They are) as though they were blocks of wood in striped cloaks …  (unfit to stand on their own).”  (“Al-Munafiqun” [The Hypocrites], verse 4.) Wet or dry wood to light a fire with means backbiting and adversity. Dream Interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars

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