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

20 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

Chewing in a dream, without gum, is illness and the inability to accept food.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 323

(And whoever sees) that he chewed gum, then he will obtain wealth in which there is talk, and it increases until it becomes a dispute and a complaint, and its origin is greed.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 323

And perhaps he practices sodomy, because chewing gum was among the deeds of the people of Lot.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 323

And everything that is chewed without being eaten is the repetition of talk in proportion to that chewing.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 323

And likewise sugarcane, except that it is talk whose repetition is found sweet.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 323

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

As for chewing, it is speech. So whoever sees that he is chewing gum, then he will speak lengthy talk in which there is no result.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 72

And some of the interpreters said: Whoever sees that he is chewing something and tears it apart, then if that thing belongs to him, speech will come about from it by which harm befalls himself; and if it belongs to someone else, then the harm from it is to another.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 72

(And whoever sees) that some animal chewed at his goods and tore them apart, there is no good in it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 72

Kinds and conditions of Chewing

chewing gum

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

Whoever sees in a dream that he is chewing gum, then he will commit an indecency, because that is among the practices of the people of Lot.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 245

And it is said: Whoever sees that he is chewing gum, then he will talk much about some matter, such as a dispute or a complaint or the like.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 245

frankincense (chewing gum)

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

Frankincense is in the position of medicine for whoever eats it.

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

And if he chews it, his talk about that which does not benefit him will increase.

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

chewing water

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

If he sees that he is chewing water, chewing it without drinking it as a drink, then he is one who toils hard in seeking his livelihood, greatly wearied in it and labouring for it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 777–780

If he sees that he is drinking food as a drink, like the drinking of water, then he will have ampleness in his livelihood, and seeking it will be made easy for him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 777–780

chewing gum (mastic)

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

As for chewing gum (mastic), it is interpreted as wealth. Ibn Sirin said: Whoever sees that he is chewing gum

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 230

5 more passages on this symbol are in the database and used by the interpreter.