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Cotton 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
It in a dream is wealth, less than wool.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 283
And carding it is the purging of sins.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 283
And cotton is a year.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 283
And the cotton tree is a humble man.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 283
Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat
3 - (Section on the vision of cotton) It is interpreted according to nine aspects: it has been said covering, benefit, wealth, clothing, dignity, awe, religion, good, and a praiseworthy matter.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 235
Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he is gathering cotton, then he will obtain lawful wealth; and if he stores it away among goods, then he is storing it up for his dependents.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 235
Whoever sees that he is stuffing cotton into a pillow or the like, then he will marry a woman.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 235
Whoever sees that he is carding cotton, then he will quarrel with a person and speak in a manner unbefitting him; and if a woman sees it, then it indicates a man of benefit and earnings by his labour.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 235
As for the garments that are made from it, their interpretation has already been given as we mentioned in detail in the forty-fifth chapter.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 235
As for shrouds, they too have been mentioned in the discussion of the dead; and as for spinning and weaving, they will come in their proper place in the seventy-fifth chapter.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 235
attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam
(Cotton) is wealth, lesser than wool; and carding it is a purging of sins.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 655–660
Kinds and conditions of Cotton
cotton carder
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
Seeing him in a dream indicates the scholar or the ruler by whose hands affairs are accomplished.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 91
In a dream he is a man given to disputes, through whose hands wealth passes.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355
cotton-carding tool (mihlaj)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
Seeing it in a dream indicates command and prohibition, the fulfilment of a need, righteous offspring, and profitable wealth.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 330
It also indicates marriage for the unmarried man, and the emergence of truth from falsehood.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 330
cotton spinner
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
In a dream he indicates the traveller, because spinning is an indication of travel.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257
So if he sees that he has turned into a spinner, then it indicates his moving from one state to another.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257
cotton-carder's bow (mindafah)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
In a dream it is an ugly, repulsive woman, and its string is a loud, blustering man.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 330
And a man's carder's bow is a hypocritical, repulsive person.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 330
cotton plant
Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat
As for the cotton plant that is not uprooted and whose cotton is harvested every year, it is interpreted as a beneficial man, wise, forbearing, and gentle in disposition. As for the one that is cut down, it is less than that.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 130–131
cotton dealer
attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam
The cotton dealer is a man of wealth and toil.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 313–317
cotton carder's bow
attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam
(The cotton carder's bow) is an ugly, repulsive woman, and its string is a mocking, jesting man; and it is said that it is a hypocritical man.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 705–709
Cotton merchant
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
In a dream he is a man of wealth and toil.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 280
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