Drum 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 false report.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 228

And the owner of the drum is interpreted as a coarse, ignorant man, or a pimp, or a seller of wine.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 228

And the drum, if accompanied by dancing and shouting, is a calamity for whoever sees it in his house.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 228

(And whoever sees) that he has turned into a drum, then it is confused, meaningless dreams.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 228

And the drum of the effeminate man is a woman possessed of many faults.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 228

And the drum of women is trade in falsehoods and disgraceful notoriety, of little profit and many enemies.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 228

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

As for the drum, it is false speech, disliked news, a lying word, and an outward, evident occupation.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 193

Al-Kirmani said: beating the drum is the breaking of a promise and a futile occupation, and dancing to the beating of the drum is the occurrence of a great calamity.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 193

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: the drum is praiseworthy in the case of kings, because it is part of the completeness of their pomp, especially if it is accompanied by piping or the like; and the drum in itself may be interpreted as an idle man.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 193

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: beating the drum is discordant speech in which there is no good.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 193

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

The sound of the drum is a false sound; and if it is accompanied by shouting, piping, and dancing, then it is a calamity.

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

And the sound of the processional drum is a false report.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 285–288

As for the drum, when it appears alone, it is a false report that has become widely known.

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

The drummer is an idle man who boasts of his idleness. The drum is a man who is slapped, so whoever sees that he has turned into a drum becomes one who is slapped.

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

And the tearing of the king's drum is the death of the one in charge of his news.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 285–288

The drum of the effeminate ones is a woman with faults whose disclosure is detestable, for she is a shameful thing and a scandal; if she is investigated, it would be an outrage, because the loudness of its sound is an outrage — and such is the condition of this woman.

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

Kinds and conditions of Drum

tambourine / frame drum

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

As for the tambourine, it is interpreted in several ways. Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he is beating a tambourine as it ought properly to be beaten, in the manner of those skilled in it, with cheer and delight, then it is interpreted as marriage to a woman through the agency of a respected person, and the woman will be renowned for a good name while her conduct is the opposite of that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 194–195

Al-Salimi said: Whoever sees that he is beating a tambourine, then it is fame; so his deed is taken into account, whether good or evil, and it is interpreted for him as fame according to the measure of his deed.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 194–195

drums

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

It in a dream indicates people's affairs and their falsehoods, and fornication, playing chess and dice, employing the jinn, sorcery, and the like of such vain works.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 228

The tanbur (drum/lute) is a chief man possessed of falsehoods, and it is distress and sorrow by which the bowels are destroyed and twisted, because its sound issues from intestines that have been dried and made into strings.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 228

drums and cymbals

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

And drums are wealthy misers.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 285–288

And whoever sees drums and cymbals being beaten at his door will attain a governorship among the non-Arabs.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 285–288

drum (dabdaba)

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

It is the one that the Blacks and the Abyssinians beat, and in a dream it signifies wealthy merchant men whom people look to because of their holding on to dinars and their miserliness with them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 114

And drums in a dream are wealthy, miserly people.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 114

tanbak drum

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

As for the tanbak drum, it is praiseworthy, because it is among the instruments of the Hijaz and its pomp, and among the customs of the kings of the East. And perhaps it indicates a man who is a guard, because fortresses are guarded with it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 194–195

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