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Cistern in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin and al-Nabulsi

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

In a dream it indicates the wife, because of what is deposited in it of water.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 217

And perhaps it indicates everything in which something is deposited, of money and other things, such as the purse, the storeroom, the chest, the container, and the like.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 217

And the cistern indicates everyone who becomes acquainted with the secret, such as the partner and the child.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 217

So if water comes to be in the oil cistern, it indicates its slackness and ruin.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 217

Just as, if he sees the water cistern to contain oil, it indicates the wealth of his family.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 217

And the cistern of the hostel and of the congregational mosque indicates its imam or the one who oversees its affairs.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 217

Kinds and conditions of Cistern

cistern jar

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

The cistern jar, if there is water in it and it is in a house, then it is a wealthy woman who is sorrowful.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 242–245

And if the water cistern jar is at a public drinking-fountain, then it is a man of much wealth who spends much in the way of Allah.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 242–245

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