Minerals are indicative of kings because they contain worldly benefits and people need them. They are also indicative of benefits and conveniences for the one who possesses them or makes use of them,and they represent branches of knowledge for the one who seeks them.
For the one whose wife is pregnant, they indicate a boy; for the one who is single, they indicate a spouse; and for the devoted worshipper they indicate worship. They are also indicative of varied treasure and of uniting behind prominent people. Each kind of mineral or metal may begiven an interpretation that befits it. We say to the one who possesses gold and silver (in a dream) that he may be appointed in charge of the wealth of a man of high position, if he is qualified for that post. That may also indicate that the dreamer is engaged in alchemy or is going to become a money changer or goldsmith. You may say to the one who possesses pitch and tar: you are going to attain some benefit with regard to those who deal with these materials, such as those who own boats.A man said: I dreamt that I took pitch from its source, and he was a soldier. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: You have a sick horse and the veterinarian gave you some pitch with which to treat it. He said: You are right. He said: Your horse will recover.
Another man said: I dreamt that I collected glass from its source. He said to him: You are about to build a bathhouse, because a bath houseneeds lead and glass. He said: You are right.Another man said:I dreamt that I obtained some mercury and everytime I took some, it did not settle in my hand. He said: You are keeping company with a man who is very crafty.
A child said: I dreamt that in front of me there was a pond of mercury.He said to him: Your head and clothes will be affected by lice that you need to remove. And that is what happened.One of the dream interpreters said that mercury is indicative of breaking promises, betrayal, hypocrisy and following falsehood. He said: Naphtha indicates Haraam wealth, so whoever eats Naphtha (ina dream) will consume Haraam wealth, and if a person has it poured upon him (in a dream) something bad will happen to him on the part ofa ruler; that is also indicative of an immoral woman.
Another man dreamt that he fell into sulphur and it was as if he enjoyed it. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deensaid to him: You have scabies and you need sulphur, based on the fact that you enjoyed it. He said:You are correct. He said: If you had not said that you enjoyed it, you wouldhave fallen into the fire.
A man dreamt that he had some sulphur but he lost it. He said to him:You have a mangy camel and you have decided to treat it with sulphur,but it will die before that. And that camel died.
