Islamic Interpretation of Dreams (Ibn-i Sirin):

A cow in a dream represents longevity.

A black or a yellow cow represents happiness, prosperity and a good harvest.

A white spot on a cow’s face means firmness if seen in a dream at the early part of the year.

The piebald cow or a cow blotched with white and black in a dream means the same, though the latter also represents firmness when seen in the middle of the year.

A fat cow in a dream represents longevity and prosperity.

A fat cow in a dream also may represent a pious woman.

An emaciated cow in a dream represents drought. Drinking cow’s milk or eating its meat or fat in a dream means prosperity and earning lawful income for that year.

If the cow has horns, it represents a rebellious woman.

If a dairy cow allows the person to draw her milk in a dream, it means conferring benefits. Otherwise, if it refuses to allow the person to milk her in the dream, it means dissonance and discord.

If a servant sees himself milking his master’s cow in a dream, it means that he will marry his wife after the master dies, and that he will become extremely rich.

If a cow enters one’s house and thrusts against him, or butts against him in the dream, it means losses and mistrust in one’s own family.

If one sees himself hitting a cow with a wooden stick or biting a cow in a dream, the cow then represents his sins.

If a cow scratches someone in a dream, it means an illness.

If one is attacked by a cow or a steer in a dream, it means that a great punishment will befall him, or it could mean that he may be killed during that same year.

Ifone sees himself riding a black cow, or if a cow enters his house, where he ties her to a pole in his dream, it means money, good business and dispelling of his anxiety, sadness, loneliness or distress.

A slaughtered cow in a dream represents a calamity.

If a shipment of yellow cows arrives at the port of a city in a dream, it means a plague or the spreading of unknown diseases.

If a herd of ugly looking cows enters a city with smoke emanatingfrom their noses, and if the people hate their look in the dream, it means a raid, an enemy, or that unwanted solders will control that town.

If one sees himself riding a cow in a dream, it means that he will inherit a woman.

If one is offered a cow hide as a gift in a dream, it means that he will receive money from someone in authority. On the other hand, if one is stripped of a cow’s hide he owns in a dream, it represents a fine that he will have to pay.

To see the calfofthe Children ofIsrael in a dream means dissension, temptation or a murder.

It also may mean a miraculous event, or that a heavenly sign will take place in that locality.

If the person is disobedient to his mother, he will repent and turn to be good to her.

If a cow butts against him in a dream, it means that God is displeased with him.

(Also see Counting cows)