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

42 passages from 3 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

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

It in a dream is a false, fabricated image, and it is a treacherous person, handsome of face, bad of character.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 216

So whoever sees that he is worshipping an idol besides Allah the Exalted, then he lies about Allah with a falsehood that he has fabricated by his own opinion.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 216

And if the idol is of wood, then he seeks nearness by means of his religion to a man who is a tyrannical, hypocritical ruler.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 216

And if it is of firewood, then he seeks by means of his religion disputation and argumentation about religion.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 216

And if it is of silver, then he brings into his religion something by which he seeks nearness to a woman or a foreign slave-girl — treachery or wantonness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 216

And if it is of gold, then he brings into his religion a reprehensible, detestable matter, and he seeks nearness to a man whom Allah the Exalted hates, and something detestable befalls him from him, and it is feared for him that he will be fined his wealth or that it will go from him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 216

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

The One deserving of worship is Allah the Exalted, so whoever worships another than Him has failed and lost. So whoever sees as though he is worshipping other than Him, it indicates that he is occupied with falsehood, preferring the whim of his soul over the pleasure of his Lord.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 670–673

If that idol which he worshipped was of gold, then he draws near to a man whom Allah the Exalted detests, and there befalls him from that man what he dislikes; and his dream indicates the loss of his wealth along with the weakening of his religion.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 670–673

And if that idol was of silver, then there will come about for him a means by which he gains access to a woman or a slave girl in a manner of treachery and corruption.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 670–673

And if that idol was of brass, iron, or lead, then he abandons religion for the sake of this world and its goods, and forgets his Lord.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 670–673

And if that idol was of wood, then he casts his religion behind his back, and keeps company with a tyrannical governor and a hypocritical man, and he adorns himself with religion for the sake of some worldly matter, not for the sake of Allah the Exalted.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 670–673

And some of the interpreters said that seeing an idol indicates a distant journey.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 670–673

Kinds and conditions of Idol

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

(And whoever sees) that he is worshipping an idol of wood, then he draws near through a false man to a wicked, hypocritical man.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 36

And if it is of interlaced firewood, then he seeks thereby what he attains through disputation and the like; and it is said that he ingratiates himself with someone by talebearing.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 36

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