Belly 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 indicates what it contains of one's family, wealth, and secret, and the one who lies with him or who comes out of him. It also indicates prison, the grave, secrets, health and sickness, the friend, the trustee, and one's religion and worship.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 24

So whoever's belly is torn open in a dream, if he owns property its benefit to him is disrupted; otherwise a calamity befalls the wealth by which he shields his family, and perhaps his secret is exposed or he loses his wife.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 24

And if she is a pregnant woman, her pregnancy comes out of her.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 24

And if something of his intestines or organs appears, his prisoner comes out; otherwise his dead are uncovered, or a well is drained.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 24

And illnesses are in his interior; and if he was complaining of that, what he complained of departs.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 24

And if he loses his belly, his friend dies, or his patron, or the one who has authority over his wealth; and perhaps he becomes ascetic and devout and abandons food and drink.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 24

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

(As for the belly) its exterior and its interior: according to the interpreters it has several aspects — wealth, children, relatives, and livelihood.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 57

(And Daniel, peace be upon him, said): The belly, its exterior and its interior, is wealth. And Ibn Sirin said: seeing it is children. And al-Kirmani said: seeing it is relatives.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 57

So whoever sees that his belly has grown large or become fine, then it indicates an increase in what has been mentioned; and if he sees in it a deficiency or something [amiss], then its interpretation is the opposite.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 57

(And whoever sees) that his belly was cut open and cleaned, and what was in it was washed, and it returned as it had been, then it indicates Allah's good pleasure and His granting him success, his following the praiseworthy path, the soundness of his affairs, and his safety from the evil of the accursed Satan.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 57

(And whoever sees) that a son and a daughter came out of his belly, then that will come to him, and he will become the master of the people of his house.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 57

And Jabir al-Maghribi said: seeing a swelling of the belly is wealth, hardship, and the occurrence of a calamity.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 57

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

The belly, both outwardly and inwardly, is a man's wealth and his child, or a relative from his clan, or his storehouse, and the shelter of his dependants. Its smallness means the fewness of these, and its largeness means the abundance of these.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 164–167

As for the belly, whether outwardly or inwardly, it signifies wealth, or a child, or a relative from his kin.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 787–790

Its smallness without hunger means scarcity of wealth. If he sees that he is hungry, then he will be greedy, and he will obtain wealth in proportion to the extent of his hunger.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 164–167

If he sees that he has a shrunken (empty) belly and nothing of his constitution has been impaired, then his wealth or his children will decrease, if his emptiness is not from hunger.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 787–790

It is said that a large belly is the consuming of usury, and walking upon the belly is reliance upon wealth.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 164–167

And if he sees that he is hungry, then he will be avid for the two of them (wealth and children), and he will obtain wealth in proportion to the extent of the hunger in him and its intensity.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 787–790

Kinds and conditions of Belly

belly and intestines

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

Whoever sees as though the intestines of his belly, or all that is in his belly, came out and his belly was washed and they were returned to him, or they were not returned, then that is his death in the good pleasure of Allah the Exalted.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 167–170

And if something came out of his interior, then he holds a bequest for a man, and the owner of the bequest has a daughter, and he insists on marrying her off.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 167–170

grass growing on the belly

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

In a dream it indicates death.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 351

And if he sees that grass has sprouted over the rest of his body and it did not cover his body and did not harm him, then he will attain abundance in that year.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 351

belly as a ship

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

And perhaps his belly is a ship, his heart its prow, his intestines its servants, his lung its sail, his gullet its mast, his stomach its anchor, his ribs its walls, his flesh its planks, and his skin its oakum and pitch.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 787–790

So whoever sees his belly torn open and ripped apart, with his bowels having flowed out, his innards scattered, and his ribs altered, then his ship has been wrecked.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 787–790

belly ailment

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

And whoever sees that he has a belly ailment, then he has spent his wealth in disobedience and he regrets it and wants to repent of that.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 208–211

And whoever sees as though he has been afflicted with colic, then he has been stingy with his children and his family regarding sustenance, and punishment has come down upon him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 208–211

thin part of the belly (below the navel)

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

It in a dream, and what adjoins the navel from above it and below it, indicates the strength of the body and dominion.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 343

So whenever there is pain in any part of that, that indicates the illness of the dreamer and his poverty.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 343

belly and guts

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

the Belly and guts, Children, for they cry o •• for meat: likewise they signifie Usurers.

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

opening of the belly in a dream

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation

Then he informed her of what had happened to him regarding the splitting open of the belly and its restoration, so she said to him: Rejoice; by Allah, this is indeed good,

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7345–7346

belly of the monster

Freud and Jung, a separate view

For this purpose one must, in spite of all dangers, descend into the belly of the monster[527] (journey to hell) and spend some time there. (Imprisonment by night in the sea.)

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. V Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth

penis entering the belly

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

And whoever sees as though his penis entered his belly, that indicates that he is concealing a testimony.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 170–174

walking on hands or belly

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

And whoever sees that he is walking on his hands, or his belly, or his hand and his foot, or something other than the tongue, then each of these is righteousness or wickedness according to that to which the limb is attributed, by which one determines the matter.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 774–777

rumbling of the belly

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

In the belly, it is in a dream a quarrel among the household and rivalry among relatives.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 288

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