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

9 passages from 3 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

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

In a dream it indicates the death of the sick person, or the ruin of his body, whether he saw that he ate it or not.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 101

And the carob indicates ruin and desolation.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 101

And it may indicate slave-girls of the Blacks.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 101

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

As for the carob, it is wealth with hardship. Whoever sees that he is plucking carob, then he will obtain wealth from his own earning.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 138–139

Whoever sees that he is eating carob while he is ill, then there is no good in it, because it signifies the ruin of his body and the prolongation of his illness, and perhaps death is to be feared for him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 138–139

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he is eating carob together with something else, then there is no harm in it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 138–139

And every yellow fruit signifies illness, except the banana and the citron; and every fruit that is green, red, black, or white is sustenance.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 138–139

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

And whatever has a disliked name and a disliked origin — both are combined against it at all times — such as the carob (kharnub): ruin (kharab), from its name, and because of what is related from Solomon (peace be upon him) concerning it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 624–628

Kinds and conditions of Carob

carob tree

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

As for the carob tree, it is interpreted as a man whose earning is difficult, little, with toil and hardship; and its growing in a place may indicate that place's ruin.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 131