Islamic Interpretation of Dreams (Ibn-i Sirin):
In a dream, a bow means travels, a brother, a wife, a son or closeness to someone.
A covered bow in a dream means that, oneâs wife is pregnant.
If a pregnant woman hands a man a bow in a dream, it means that she will conceive a girl from him.
If a pregnant woman hands her husband a bow in a dream, it means that she will deliver a boy.
Stretching the strings of a bow in a dream means longevity.
Stretching it without an arrow in a dream means planning to travel.
A broken bow in a dream signifies the death of a brother, a business partner, or a son.
A bow is broken bow in a dream means that an accident may cause the hand of a brother or a business partner to fracture. Holding a broken bow in a dream means losing oneâs job or closing oneâs business.
Seeing a young man attaching a string to a bow in a dream represents oneâs enemy.
Attaching a string to a bow in a dream also means marriage, while detaching the string of a bow in a dream means divorce.
Seeing oneself standing before a ruler with two bows length between them mean receiving an appointment.
The two bows in a dream also represent oneâs eye-brows.
Shooting arrows with a bow in a dream means speaking wrong about something or backbiting someone. Carving a bow in a dream means preparing to get married or begetting a son.
Shooting an arrow and hitting oneâs target in a dream means fulfilling oneâs needs, or attaining oneâs goal.
Selling oneâs bow and arrows in a dream means giving priority to oneâs religious life over that of his mundane one.
Shooting hazelnuts in a town in a dream means backbiting people, while shooting hazelnuts in the forest means earning lawful money from hunting.
Shooting arrows in front of the city hall in a dream means backbiting or slandering others.
Shooting a pigeon in a dream means slandering oneâs own wife. Bending an arch in a dream means preparing for war.
(Also see Eye-brow)
