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

73 passages from 4 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

Freud and Jung, a separate view

3. Representation of the genital by structures, stairways, and shafts.

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, Dream Psychology, ch. V Sex in Dreams

Kinds and conditions of Buildings

building/construction own page

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

Seeing in a dream a building newly erected upon the earth is a benefit in this world, private or general, in proportion to what he saw of it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 29–30

And perhaps the interpretation of building is a man's consummation of marriage with his wife; so if he builds something, it indicates the matter of women.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 29–30

ruin of buildings

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

(The ruin of buildings) Whoever sees the world in ruin, its farmlands and dwellings, and sees himself amid the ruin while in fine condition of dress and mount, then it is misguidance.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 539–542

And whoever sees the walls of the house collapsed by a flood of water, then it is the death of its people.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 539–542

builder / building

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

The builder in a dream is called a man who brings people together by lawful means, because he builds with mud brick, and he is one who has a portion of virtue and good nature, provided he takes no wage for it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 40

Building, its vision indicates the poet and indicates a long life.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 40

building a house

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

Al-Wa'iz: Whoever sees the building of a new house, it indicates the death of one of his close relatives.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 107

And if he sees that he is enlarging a house, grief will befall him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 107

plastered building

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

Whoever sees that he is entering a plastered building has done an evil deed, and likewise if it were his two daughters.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 759–762

And if it is of clay, then it is good, and it is fitting that he will marry.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 759–762

demolisher of buildings

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

And the demolisher of a building is one who breaks covenants and violates conditions.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 297–300

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