Earth in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin

235 passages from 5 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

Freud and Jung, a separate view

and earth as a mother and the people upon it children and brothers and sisters

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

Kinds and conditions of Earth

earth (land, ground)

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

It has an interpretation in dreams, and every land is according to its kind and substance. As for the land of the Gathering (the Resurrection plain), seeing it in a dream indicates the keeping of secrets, wealth after poverty, safety from fear, and truthfulness of promise. It may also indicate a noble wife, a virgin, beautiful, or a great office with little fortune, and it indicates guidance and repentance.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 17–19

Likewise, if he sees the back of the whale or the bull that bears the earth, and it does not change nor shift, this indicates that the king will depose himself or depose his deputy, while the conditions of the world do not change.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 17–19

dust (earth, soil)

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

In a dream it signifies people, because they were created from it; and it may signify livestock and beasts. It also signifies the world and its people, because it is from the earth and by it the sustenance of creation is maintained.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 47–48

The Arabs say "the man became dusted" when he becomes rich; and dust may signify poverty, the dead person, and the grave.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 47–48

earth (ground/land)

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

The earth signifies this world, and the heaven signifies the Hereafter, because this world (al-dunya) is what has been brought near and the Hereafter is what has been put off — especially since Paradise is in the heaven.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 475–478

A known land signifies the city in which he is, and its people and its inhabitants.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 475–478

earth (land)

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

Daniel said: seeing it is interpreted as a woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 104

Ibn Sirin said: Whoever sees that he is in a wide open desert land, and that land was not far off, then he will travel soon.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 104

earth/ground own page

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

If it splits open and a beast comes out of it that speaks to the people, then he will see from it a wonder at which people marvel; and it may indicate the nearness of his appointed term, because of His saying, exalted be He: "And when the decree befalls them, We shall bring forth for them a beast from the earth that will speak to them." And perhaps the dreamer has some doubt about the Resurrection, on account of the completion of the verse: "that the people were not certain of Our signs."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 105

Whoever sees that he is digging in the ground: if he is sick, or there is a sick person with him, it indicates his death.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 105

dust/earth own page

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

As for dust, it is interpreted as wealth, whether it be much or little.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 226

So whoever sees dust in his house, it indicates the obtaining of wealth without toil.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 226

underground tunnel (burrow in the earth)

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

It in a dream is cunning and deception.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 187–188

So whoever digs a tunnel for a person, then he is plotting against him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 187–188

mines/minerals of the earth

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

As for the mines/minerals of the earth, they indicate treasures, and withheld wealth, and stored-up knowledge, and hoarded earnings, because they are Allah's deposits in His earth, which He deposited for His servants for their benefit in their worldly life and their religion.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 549–553

So whoever finds among them one mine, or two mines, or various mines, then you look into his condition: if he is a plowman and a cultivator, it gives him good tidings for that year of abundant earnings from what appears in the earth for him from its interior and the innermost parts of its core, from its benefits and its crops.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 549–553

earth-swallowing and earthquake

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

(As for earth-swallowing and earthquake) Whoever sees a land that quaked and a portion of it was swallowed up while another portion was spared, then the ruler will descend upon that land and will punish some of its people. And it is said that it is a severe illness.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 471–474

If he sees one of the mountains quake, or tremble, or shift and then settle back into its place, then the ruler of that place or its great men will be struck by severe hardship, and it will depart from them in proportion to what befell them.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 471–474

rope reaching from sky to earth

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation

His statement: "and behold, a sabab" — that is, a rope.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7421–7422

His statement: "As for the rope, etc." — In the narration of Sufyan bin Husayn: "As for the rope, it is that which you are upon; you ascend and Allah raises you."

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7421–7422

earth sinking (cave-in / eclipse-like collapse)

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

In a dream it is a threat from the sultan.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 107

(And whoever sees) that the earth caved in beneath him, then a torment will befall him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 107

earth caving in / swallowing

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

evil, then it is a punishment that descends upon him, or a distant journey on which it is feared he will not return. And if he is of the people of good, then it indicates that he will marry a woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 106

And whoever sees that a land caved in and swallowed the beasts, then it indicates a calamity that will befall them.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 106

Also in the sources

Sinking/disappearing into the earth · rope joining earth to sky · earth caving in · milk coming out of the earth · the Beast of the Earth · being made of earth · holes in the earth · keys of the treasures of the earth · treasures of the earth · gravedigger / earth worker · splitting the earth with the foot · being buried in the earth · the earth/land · sinking into the earth · Trembling of the earth (with sprouting vegetation)

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