Dancing 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 is in a dream a calamity.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

And whoever dances for another, then he shares with him in the calamity.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

And whoever dances in his house alone, it is joy and satiety, because dancing only comes from satiety and wantonness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

And the sick person, if he dances, his anxiety increases.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

And whoever is pulled into the dance, then it is deliverance from hardship and from an accusation.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

And dancing for a child is not praiseworthy, and muteness is feared for him, because the mute person gestures with his hand.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

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

As for dancing, it indicates calamity, illness, and public disgrace.

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

As for dancing, it has already been dealt with in one of the sections of the twenty-third chapter.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 195

Some interpreters said: dancing may perhaps be mockery of a ruler newly appointed in that place, in accordance with what the poets said in some of their words: "If the monkey rules, then dance for him."

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

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: seeing dancing is interpreted in three ways: grief, calamity, and public disgrace.

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

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

As for dancing, it is distress and a disquieting calamity, and dancing for a sick person indicates the prolongation of his illness.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 238–242

And it is said that the dancing of a poor man is wealth that does not last, and a woman's dancing is her falling into a scandal.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 238–242

As for the dancing of one who is a slave, it indicates that he will be beaten.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 238–242

As for the dancing of a prisoner, it is an indication of deliverance from prison and his release from fetters, because of the looseness of the dancer's body and its lightness.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 238–242

As for the dancing of a young boy, it indicates that the boy will be deaf and mute, and that when he wants something he will point to it with his hand, and that will be in the manner of dancing.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 238–242

As for the dancing of one who is travelling at sea, it is bad and indicates a hardship into which he will fall.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 238–242

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

TO séeme to dance himselfe alone, or onely in the presence of the householders, is good for all:

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The first Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

in like sort also to sée his Wife, his Children, or any of his Parents dance, is good: for it is great abundance of mirth and goods;

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The first Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

but to him which is sick, or hath any disease about him it is evill.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The first Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

Also to dream you dance or sée dance any of your affinity, in the presence of strange people, and unknown, is ill to al.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The first Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

To see a child leape and daunce, is a signe that he shall bee deafe and mute.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The first Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

If a servant or a sayler do dreame that he danceth it is evill, for the first shall be beaten, and the other in danger to perish in the water.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The first Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

Kinds and conditions of Dancing

a dead person dancing

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

Whoever sees that a dead person is dancing, then he is joyful in the state he is in, because death is the opposite of life and its deeds.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 100

Others said: everything the dead person does of reprehensible things, such as amusements and the like, is not praiseworthy.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 100

flute and dancing

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

The flute and dancing are a great calamity.

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

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