Islamic Interpretation of Dreams (Ibn-i Sirin):
(Capture; Fingernails; Strength; Victory) Fingernails in a dream represent victory over oneâs enemy. Having long fingernails for someone who needs them for his or her work in a dream means prosperity. Long fingernails in a dream also mean a trend that opposes what is common and practical. Long fingernails in a dream also mean strength, power and protection from oneâs enemy. Long fingernails in a dream also denote shame. Losing oneâs fingernails to a sickness in a dream means losing oneâs wealth, or reaching a dead end. Clipping oneâs fingernails in a dream means following the common norms, lending money, or collecting gold jewelry. White fingernails in a dream mean understanding, vigilance, or memorizing things. Fighting someone with nails in a dream represents a cunning person. Long and beautiful fingernails in a dream mean money, or business.
If the length of oneâs fingernails reaches near breaking in a dream, it means losing to others what otherwise could remain under oneâs own control, or it could denote the need to pay alms tax or to distribute charity.
Seeing oneâs fingernails broken or chipped in a dream means loss of money, status or health.
If oneâs fingernails become claws in a dream, it means that he will triumph over his enemy.
(Also see Bodyâ; Claw)