Devils in a dream: meaning in al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin

30 passages from 3 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

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

As for devils, they are interpreted in several ways. Al-Kirmani said: seeing devils is interpreted as seeing an enemy or a spy, because of his eavesdropping.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 258

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: Whoever sees that he has killed the devil will attain victory and a good reputation.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 258

Whoever sees that he is a devil, then he has committed a sin or fabricated a lie.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 258

Whoever sees that he is conferring secretly with a devil, then he is taking counsel with his enemies and supporting them in oppressing the righteous, but they will not be able to do it, because of the words of the Exalted: "Secret counsel is only from Satan, that he may grieve those who believe, but he cannot harm them at all except by Allah's permission."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 258

Whoever sees that he owns the devils and that they obey him, then he will attain leadership and awe.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 258

Kinds and conditions of Devils

Satan / devil

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

He is in a dream an enemy in religion and in worldly affairs, a schemer, a deceiver, greedy, arrogantly stubborn, who neither cares nor concerns himself; and perhaps he is a governor, or a vizier, or a judge, or a policeman, or a jurist, or a preacher, or an unbeliever, or a hypocrite, or an envier; and perhaps he is one's family and dependents. And seeing Satan is joy, excess, and lust — just as lust is excess and a satan.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 197

(And whoever sees) that Satan is knocking him about, then he consumes usury.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 197

devil

Freud and Jung, a separate view

This other side is the devil, the adversary or, expressed in modern terms, the corrective of reality, of the infantile world picture, which has been made acceptable through the predominating pleasure principle.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. V Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth

The devil, like all evil things, represents sexuality.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. VI The Battle for Deliverance from the Mother

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