Islamic Interpretation of Dreams (Ibn-i Sirin):

In a dream, an inkwell represents honor, governing power, exaltation, wife, or money.

An inkwell in a dream also represents marriage, business, or a servant.

Ifone is presented with an inkwell in a dream, it represents a fight with a relatives or with a woman.

If a respected witness is present when the inkwell is handed to the person seeing the dream, then it means a marriage to a relative. Licking an inkwell in a dream means engaging in sodomy or homosexuality.

An inkwell in a dream also could mean that one may seduce his servant for an unlawful sexual intercourse and that she will no longer serve that house.

To buy an inkwell in a dream means that one’s marriage will see no happiness since one’s writing pen comes out of it with ink only.

An inkwell in a dream also means ulcer.

The pen represents iron (See Iron), and the ink means time.

If one sees a section of his body transformed into an inkwell, whereby he can draw ink from it and write in a notebook in the dream, it means that he will receive an inheritance.

An inkwell in a dream also means medicine.

If one is sick, then seeing an inkwell in a dream also means finding the right medicine and, God willing, one will be cured from his illness.

(Also see Pederasty; Sodomy)