Food 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

Every yellow food in a dream is an illness for whoever eats it, unless it be with the flesh of birds.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 224

And every white food is better than the sour, and if it be with fatty meat there is no harm in it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 224

And whoever drinks food as one drinks water, his livelihood increases.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 224

And the food of celebrations is glad tidings, while the food of funerals is worries and troubles.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 224

And foods that are not restricted to a season are provisions and continuous benefits.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 224

And foods that are restricted to a season, such as meat with eggplant and gourd, are provisions at one time and not another.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 224

Kinds and conditions of Food

food and eating

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

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: meat with broth is a matter concluded, and food of pickled relishes (kawamikh), all of it is worries and sorrows, and eating it is more emphatic.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 242

Whoever sees that he has swallowed food that is extremely hot, his vision indicates the wretchedness of his livelihood. And eating what is delicious is the most pleasant living. A hair in the food is worry, sorrow, and hardship.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 242

cooked food with meat

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

It is in the dream wealth for the poor man.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 335

And what is cooked without meat is destitution or worship.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 335

sour food

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

As for food that is extremely sour, so that he is unable to eat it, it is an illness or a pain along with which he is unable to eat.

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

Taking sour food from a person indicates hearing foul speech.

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

Coarse/rough (clothing, food, or speech)

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

Coarseness in clothing, food, or speech in a dream, for people of wealth who live in luxury, indicates the loss of their positions, the change of their circumstances, and the reduction of their provisions,

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

unless they prefer that over their pleasant things, for then it indicates their humility, their contentment, and the soundness of their way.

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

cooking food

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

As for cooked food, whoever sees any kind of it, it is interpreted in several ways. Whoever sees that he is cooking something for a sick person which agrees with him, that is health and benefit for him; and if it is not so, then its interpretation is the opposite.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 241

And whoever sees otherwise than that, then its interpretation is the opposite.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 241

cooked food (stew)

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

that, then its interpretation is the opposite of it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 242

And whoever sees his stew cooked without any effort on his part, then it is interpreted as ease and a good livelihood, on account of the proverb current among the people concerning one who is in comfort: "His stew is cooked and his water is in the jug."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 242

being invited to food

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

Whoever sees that someone else invited him to the morning meal (ghada'), his dream indicates a journey that is not far, because of His saying, exalted be He: "Indeed we have suffered hardship in this journey of ours."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 717–721

And if he invited him to eat at midday, then he will rest from fatigue.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 717–721

provisions (travel food)

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

Whoever carries it in a dream while on a journey, it indicates piety (taqwa).

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 144

And perhaps carrying provisions indicates, for the poor man, wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 144

digestion of food

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

Whoever sees in a dream that his food was digested will be eager in striving at his trade.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 362

Digestion is an indication of safety from fear, because of His saying, exalted is He: "And whoever does righteous deeds while being a believer, he shall fear neither injustice nor deprivation."

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 362

food in the mouth

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

If he sees in his mouth much food, with room in it for several times as much, his affair will be thrown into confusion, and his dream indicates that there has passed of his lifespan the measure of that food which is in his mouth, and there remains of his lifespan the measure of the room left in his mouth for it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 227–230

If he sees that he worked at that food until he got rid of it, he will be safe; and if he does not get rid of it, then let him prepare for death.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 227–230

hot (food or drink)

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

Whoever sees in a dream something hot, whether food or drink, it may indicate provisions that are wretched and involve much toil, and it may indicate unlawful earnings and the obliteration of blessings.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 80

(And whoever sees) a dead person being washed with hot water, or drinking it, then he is in the Fire.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 80

fryer (seller of fried food)

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

Seeing him in a dream indicates evils and troubles, and the neglecting of prayers and the following of lusts.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 280

And likewise the fryer of cheese; and the fryer is a slanderer and a backbiter.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 280

Also in the sources

Boiled food (bird, meat, eggs, and the like) · mouse in the food vessel · hair in a morsel of food · drinking food · white foods · hair in a mouthful of food · pungent food (pepper, ginger, cinnamon) · food cover (dish cover)

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