Debt 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

In a dream it is humiliation and disgrace.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 120

(And whoever sees) that he has paid off a debt or discharged an obligation, then he will maintain ties with a relative, or feed a poor person, and what was difficult for him among the affairs of this world or the affairs of religion will be made easy.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 120

And it is said that discharging an obligation is a return from travel.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 120

(And whoever sees) that he is bound by a debt in the dream and he acknowledges it, but he does not know of it when awake, then that is the consequences of sins that have encompassed him and acts of disobedience that have accumulated against him, and he will be punished for them in this world, either by illnesses or by some of the afflictions of this world.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 120

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

Debt is interpreted in several ways. Ibn Sirin said: Whoever sees that he owes a debt and he pays it off, then it indicates the Hajj; and if he had made a promise, he will fulfil his promise; and if he has missed his prayer, then he will make it up.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 253–254

Kinds and conditions of Debt

debt and creditor

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

THe debt and the creditor represent the life:

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

wherefore to the sick, the creditor urging and constraining is great danger,

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

paying off a debt

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

Whoever sees that he has discharged a right owed or paid off a debt, then he will join ties of kinship or feed a poor person, and a matter that had been difficult for him in this world will be made easy for him; or it is aid, or bearing witness, or an expiation, or Hajj, or zakat.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 285

And it is said that discharging a right owed is a return from travel, just as returning from travel is the discharging of a right owed.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 285

transfer of debt (hawala)

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

In a dream it indicates the transformation of conditions from good to evil and from evil to good; and from it comes the expression "so-and-so turned away from the covenant."

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 95

And the transfer of debt may indicate loss for the transferor and profit for the one to whom the debt is transferred.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 95

paying off debt

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

(As for paying off) a debt: whoever sees as though he paid off a debt or discharged an obligation, then he will maintain ties of kinship, or feed a poor person, and some matter that had been difficult for him will be made easy, whether of the affairs of religion or the affairs of this world.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 741–745

And it is said that discharging an obligation is a return from travel, just as returning from travel is the discharging of an obligation.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 741–745

being held liable for a debt

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

Whoever sees that he is held liable for a debt in a dream, and he acknowledges it but does not know of it in waking life, then that is the consequences of sins that have encompassed him and acts of disobedience that have accumulated upon him, for which he is punished in this world with illnesses or some of the afflictions of this world.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 774–777

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