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Bat in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin

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Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

In a dream it is an ascetic man.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 108

Seeing it in a dream indicates blindness and misguidance.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 370–371

And the bat indicates idleness and the departure of fear.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 108

And perhaps it indicates a child of fornication, because it is [made] of clay and it is a bird that suckles as a human being suckles.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 370–371

And it is a good sign for pregnant women, because it gives birth by live birth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 108

And perhaps seeing it indicates concealment on account of vile deeds, such as theft and eavesdropping on news.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 370–371

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

As for the bat, which is the wattwat, it is interpreted as a devout, striving person who is astray and deprived.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 220

So whoever sees that he has caught a bat, then he will associate with such a person and become intimate with him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 220

attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam

(The bat) — it is also called al-watwat — is an ascetic man; and it is said: a sorceress woman.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 392–399

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

Bats signifie néedy folks, and trouble in vaine,

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Second Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

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