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

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

Daniel said: Flour is interpreted as lawful wealth obtained without hardship. Barley flour is uprightness in religion. Millet flour is wealth with hardship, and it is a small amount from the basest of people.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 146

Whoever sees that he is selling flour, then it indicates selling his religion for his worldly life.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 146

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: Wheat flour is noble wealth in trade, from which much immediate profit is obtained. As for rice flour, it is wealth from a difficult source. As for what is made from it, it is a large amount.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 146

Kinds and conditions of Flour

wheat flour

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

In a dream it is provision.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 113

And rice flour is a blessing.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 113

flour sieve

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

Seeing it in a dream indicates guidance after misguidance and repentance after disobedience.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 329

And perhaps it indicates the judge who distinguishes between truth and falsehood.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 329

faluzaj (sweet flour pudding)

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

It in a dream is subtle, fine speech concerning the matter of his livelihood.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 263

And a great quantity of it is abundant provision within sovereign power, and benefit from spoils.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 263

sieve (flour sifter)

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

As for the sieve: whoever sees that he is sifting, then it is interpreted as his striving in some matter, and his gain in it will be in proportion to what he sifted.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 236

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: the sieve is interpreted as a man through whose hands noble wealth passes, because flour is noble.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 236

'asidah (flour-and-butter porridge)

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

In a dream, in summer, it signifies worries, distresses, and beating.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 245

And 'asidah is grief coming from his workers.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 245

asidah (flour porridge)

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

Except for harisah, eggs, and asidah, for it is grief arising from his deeds concerning his offspring.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 231–233

And if he sees that he is praying and eating asidah, then he kisses a woman while he is fasting.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 231–233

asida (flour porridge)

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

And asida (flour porridge) is distress caused by his young servants.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 237–238

So if he sees as though he is eating asida, or khabis (a sweet date paste), or faluthaj (a starch-and-honey sweet) while he is in prayer, then he will kiss his wife while he is fasting.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 237–238

flour and things made of it

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

And it is said: the vision of whatever is made of flour in general, whether it be moist or dry, is good, blessing, benefit, wealth and barakah, for it is the pillar of religion and the life of souls, and by it a man is strengthened to seek his livelihood and to obey Allah the Exalted. And perhaps it indicates knowledge and Islam, and perhaps it is wealth by which a man's life is sustained. It is praiseworthy in whatever aspect it appears, especially for one who eats it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 147

fig flour (fur)

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

As for al-fur, which is fig flour, it likewise signifies wealth.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 147

flour and barley seller

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

And the seller of flour and barley is like the wheat merchant: a man occupied with his own affairs and his worldly life.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 301–304

flour merchant

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

Seeing him in a dream indicates present provision, and the declaration of the truth and its manifestation, and rest after toil.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 121

flour bran

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

Seeing it in a dream indicates the ruler, and that which distinguishes between truth and falsehood.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 356

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