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Carpenter 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 he is a disciplining man who trains people in good manners, because the carpenter mends wood, straightens it and carves it; likewise the disciplinarian subdues men in whose religion there is corruption, so he adorns them, disciplines them, and teaches them goodness and good manners, like the teacher of boys.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355

Seeing the carpenter indicates the restraining of the hypocrites and compelling them to what is obligatory.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355

And a carpenter of vessels means travel.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355

And the carpenter of water-wheels means benefits and profits from real estate.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355

And the carpenter of mills means evils and disputes.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355

And the carpenter of locks and doors means spouses and children.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355

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

The carpenter is interpreted as a man of refinement who disciplines and instructs people.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 248–249

Al-Kirmani said: the vision of a carpenter is interpreted as an instructor, a reformer, one possessed of good management in people's affairs concerning matters of religion, and one who removes hypocrisy and corruption from their religions.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 248–249

Jabir al-Maghribi said: the vision of a carpenter is interpreted as a teacher of young boys.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 248–249

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

The carpenter is one who disciplines men and sets right their worldly affairs, because wood represents men in whose religion there is corruption; so he adorns of that what may be adorned of wood.

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

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