Gazelle 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

In a dream it signifies women or beautiful children, whether males or females.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

So whoever hunts a gazelle, or one is given to him as a gift, or he buys one, will obtain sustenance, or will marry if he is unmarried, or will be granted a child, or will prevail over an adversary.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

(And whoever sees) that he took a gazelle will obtain an inheritance and much good.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

And if he is expecting a child, it will be a boy.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

And if he slaughters the gazelle, he will take the virginity of a slave girl.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

And if he brings it into his house, he will marry off his son.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

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

As for the gazelle, it is interpreted in several ways: al-Kirmani said, whoever sees that he has caught a gazelle, then it is interpreted as obtaining a beautiful slave girl.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 210–211

And if he sees that he threw a stone at the gazelle, his vision indicates the divorcing of his wife or the copulation with a slave girl.)

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 211

And whoever sees that he is eating the flesh of a gazelle, then it indicates obtaining wealth from a beautiful woman. And whoever sees that he skinned the hide of a gazelle, then he will commit fornication with a foreign woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 210–211

And Ja'far al-Sadiq said: the gazelle is interpreted in four aspects: a woman, a slave girl, a child, and benefit from women.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 211

And whoever sees that he is eating the flesh of a gazelle, then it indicates obtaining wealth from a beautiful woman. And whoever sees that he killed the gazelle, then he will be grieved on account of a woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 210–211

And whoever sees that he has caught a gazelle fawn, then it indicates obtaining a beautiful child from a slave girl.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 210–211

Kinds and conditions of Gazelle

gazelle (doe)

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

In a dream she is a beautiful Arab slave girl.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

So whoever sees that he has come to possess a gazelle by hunting, then he will beguile a slave girl or marry a woman.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

gazelle meat

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

Gazelle meat is interpreted as the wealth of a beautiful woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 244

cry of a gazelle

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

And the cry of a gazelle means obtaining a beautiful non-Arab slave girl.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 195–196

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