Mountains are indicative of dignity because they stand tall, and they are indicative of high status and getting one’s needs met, because the one who climbs them seeks to reach the top or a place that he had in mind, and he gets there. And they are indicative of security for one whois afraid, because in the mountains there are places in which to hide.And they are indicative of worship, because they are alone; and they are indicative of acquiring knowledge for the one who seeks it, because if a person looks out from the top of a mountain he will see strange places.But the one who climbs it may be a spy because he discovers what is faraway without being discovered. Climbing up a mountain or climbingto high places may be indicative of headache or migraine, or a pain inthe eye, especially in the case of one who stands in that place and looks down, then feels dizzy and thinks that the earth is spinning.
With regard to mountains which are known and held in high esteem, such as Sinai, Jabal Qaf, Judi, ‘Arafaat and Lubnaan, they are indicative of scholars and ascetics, and of places of worship. If a person dreams that he possessed the mountain or climbed to its top, he will be controlling the affairs of a person of high status or he will be appointed to a position of authority that befits him or his income will increase or his needs will be met and he will be safe if he was afraid. Then if the top of the mountain looks nice, with fair trees and springs, then the face will be good and the position of authority will be good and his livelihood will be good, and if the dreamer is a woman, she will marry a man.
Similarly, if the top of the mountain is bare or inhabited by dangerous animals, there will be trouble for him and the position of authority will be bad for him. If he climbs up the mountain or to a higher place using a ladder, he will get what he needs. All of that applies if his climb is straightforward, but if it is difficult and he does not reach the top, that indicates trouble or a lengthy sickness or fear and that it will be difficult to get his needs met. If a sick person dreams that he climbs to the top of the mountain, he will die, but if he dreams that he gives the call to prayer on the mountain and prostrates on it, he will gain control of his enemies.
A man dreamt that wild cattle were on a high mountain and he wanted to take them but was not able to, so he made a ladder of gold and climbed up and took them. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said to him: Howmany steps were there on the ladder? He said: Fifteen. He said: Youwill buy a slave woman from a man of high status for fifteen hundredDirhams, and that is what happened.
A man dreamt that he took a ladder of copper and climbed up it tothe heavens, and he took some stars. He said: You mix with evil peopleand you climbed up to the house of a prominent man or a merchant andtook pearls or some gold from him. He said: That is right.
If a person dreams that he becomes one of the great mountains, he said: Whoever dreams that will attain knowledge or mix with scholarsor will be blessed with a son. The same applies if he climbs up the mountain or the mountain talks to him. He said: If he dreams that he wanted to climb up the mountain but was too weak to do that and was not able to do it, so he climbed up a small hill or rock and found what he needed there, then he will get what he needs from a man of modest means who is close to him.
Coming down from the mountain is indicative of the dismissal ofa governor, unlike coming down from a rock which is indicative ofrelief, just as climbing up it indicates trouble. If a person dreams that hefell from a mountain, he will be harmed by people’s slander and maycommit sin. If he dreams that he carried a mountain, he will carry theburden of a prominent man; if he dreams that it became too heavy forhim, the burden will become too heavy, otherwise it will not.
If a person dreams that he struck a mountain, he will try to dismissthe person indicated by the mountain.
If mountains fight and march, that indicates that prominent peoplewill fight or travel. If the mountain rises above a man or a land, that isindicative of fear and hardship. If the mountain is destroyed or it fliesor is burned with fire, this is indicative of tribulations and sickness inwhich prominent men, scholars, ascetics and kings will die. The sameapplies to hills, but to a lesser degree.
