Grapes 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 in a dream is good provision, and grapes are lasting, ample, stored-up provision.

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

In their season, they are the lushness of the world; out of season, they are good that he attains before its time.

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

And perhaps it is something unlawful hastened to him before its time.

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

Whoever picks up a cluster attains wealth gathered from a woman.

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

The cluster in a dream vision is a thousand dirhams.

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

Black grapes are provision that does not last.

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

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

As for grapes, Daniel said: Whoever sees that he is eating black grapes in their season, then it is worry and grief; and out of season, sickness. And it is said: Whoever sees that he is eating black grapes, then he will receive, for the number of each berry, a blow of a stick — if it be out of season.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

Whoever sees black grapes hanging from their vines out of their season, it is interpreted as severe cold and fear, and perhaps it is wealth that the dreamer will obtain.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 134–135

And whoever sees that he ate white grapes in their season, then it is the attainment of blessing, good, and benefit, and the attainment of what he hoped for. And if it be out of season and he saw along with that what is praiseworthy, then it is good and lawful wealth. And red grapes: their interpretation is the like of that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

Whoever sees that he is picking up black grape berries at the king's gate, it is feared for him that he will be beaten with whips.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 134–135

Al-Kirmani said: Black grapes in their time are good, and perhaps they indicate slight worry; and out of their time, sickness, sorrow, and fear. And white grapes in their time are praiseworthy, and out of their time, grief.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

(And it is said) that black grapes are not disliked in a dream, just as white ones are not disliked, and that is because Allah the Exalted called them sustenance in the story of Maryam, peace be upon her, in His saying, the Exalted: "Whenever Zakariyya entered upon her in the sanctuary, he found with her sustenance. He said: O Maryam..." the verse. So in its season it is praiseworthy. And it is said that black grapes indicate hidden benefit.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 134–135

Kinds and conditions of Grapes

vine and grapes

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

(The vine and grapes) The vine indicates women, because it is like a garden in its drink and its bearing of fruit and the pleasure of its taste, especially since the intoxicant that numbs the body comes from it, and that is comparable to the numbness of intercourse, along with what is in it of juice, which indicates marriage because it is like semen.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 620–623

The vine may also indicate the generous, noble, beneficial man, because of the many benefits of grapes; so it is like the sultan, the scholar, and the one generous with wealth.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 620–623

green figs and white grapes in winter

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

Green figs and white grapes in winter may indicate rains, and both of them being black indicates hail; that may be at night, while the first is by day. So whoever is accustomed to that in them, or sees it for the common people, or in the markets, or upon the rooftops, that is its interpretation.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 624–628

And distress in that does not leave him, because rain, along with its benefit and goodness, contains a hindrance for the traveler, and idleness for the craftsman who works under the open air, and downpour, and collapse of buildings, and mud.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 624–628

pressing wine (grapes)

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

And Ibn Abi Hatim narrated by way of 'Ikrimah that the cupbearer said to Yusuf: "I saw in a sleeper's vision that I planted a seed and it sprouted, and there came forth on it three clusters of grapes, so I pressed them and then gave the king to drink." He said: "You will remain in the prison three [days], then you will come out and give him to drink" — that is, according to your custom.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7368–7369

abundant grapes

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

(Section on abundant grapes) If they are white, then it is rain by day; and if they are black, then it is rain by night; and if they are mixed, it indicates abundant rains by night and by day.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

unripe grapes

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

And whoever sees unripe grapes and wishes to pick them, then he is hasty in seeking sustenance and it will not be obtained for him, according to what the knowing ones have said: whoever seeks a thing out of its proper season is punished by being deprived of it. And perhaps unripe grapes indicate illness and grief. And it is said that unripe grapes

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

grape seeds

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

Whoever sees grape seeds, then it is interpreted as ill-gotten wealth, so let the seer take it into consideration according to what he sees and what he relates of his dream.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

white and black grapes

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

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: White grapes are ample, stored-up provision for whoever eats them, if he sees them in their season; and if he sees them out of their season, news will come to him hastily, before the time he hopes for. And it is said: the obtaining of unlawful wealth. And black grapes are fitting provision for whoever eats them.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 133–134

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