Cloud in a dream: meaning in al-Nabulsi and the hadith

127 passages from 2 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 travel by sea, because of its movement and its carrying of water between the heaven and the earth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 253

Kinds and conditions of Cloud

clouds

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

In a dream it indicates Islam, by which people have life and salvation, and it is a cause of Allah's mercy, because it carries the water by which creation lives.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 167–168

And clouds may indicate knowledge, jurisprudence, wisdom and eloquence, because of the subtlety of wisdom in them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 167–168

clouds (ghamam)

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

In a dream it indicates the victory of the believers and the death of the sick, because of His saying, exalted be He: "Do they await anything but that Allah should come to them in the shadows of the clouds, and the angels, and the matter be decided?"

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 253

And whoever rides upon something of the clouds or the ghamam, his rank is raised and he travels, if he is sound in health.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 253

cloud/canopy dripping honey and butter

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation

His statement: ("As for the canopy, it is Islam") — in the narration of Ibn Wahb, and likewise in that of Ma'mar and al-Zubaydi: "and the canopy is Islam." The narration of Sufyan is like the narration of al-Layth, and likewise that of Sulayman ibn Kathir, and it is the one whose preference appears evident.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7421–7422

Al-Muhallab said: The rationale of Abu Bakr's interpretation is that the canopy is one of the blessings of Allah upon the people of Paradise, and likewise it was upon the Children of Israel; and so too Islam guards against harm, and by it the believer is blessed in this world and the Hereafter.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7421–7422

cloud canopy dripping ghee and honey

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation

As for the canopy, it is Islam.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7418–7419

And as for that which drips of honey and ghee, it is the Quran: its sweetness drips down; and there is he who takes much of the Quran and he who takes little.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7418–7419

cloud canopy

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation

His statement: "a canopy (ẓullah)" — with a ḍammah over the dotted ẓāʾ, that is, a cloud that has shade; and everything that gives shade, such as a roof-covering and the like, is called a ẓullah. Al-Khaṭṭābī said this. Ibn Fāris said: the ẓullah is the first thing that gives shade.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7420–7421

lofty palace like a white cloud

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation

His saying: "Let me be so that I may enter it," and the two said: "As for now, no — but you will enter it." In the narration of Jarir ibn Hazim: I said: "Let me enter my dwelling." The two said: "There remains for you a term of life which you have not yet completed; had you completed it, you would have come to your dwelling."

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7430–7432

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