Dream of Yusuf
العربية
Imprisonment in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and the hadith
Interpret my dream13 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
In a dream it is humiliation and distress.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 78
(So whoever sees) a known governor placing him under restriction or imprisoning him, severe distress will befall him, and such imprisonment is of the rank of captivity in interpretation.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 78
(And whoever sees) that he has been imprisoned in a prison, then he will come to a great kingship and his religion will become good, for Yusuf (peace be upon him) was the man of the prison.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 78
(And if he sees) that he has been imprisoned in a house set apart, isolated from the other houses, unknown, then that is his death, and that house is his grave.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 78
(And if he sees) that he is bound in a house not of this description, its door shut upon him, and that house is not called a prison, then he will attain good.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 78
(And if he sees) that he is being tormented in it, then that is better in good and in the final outcome. And they said: imprisonment is humiliation.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 78
attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam
Imprisonment is humiliation and distress.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 722–726
It is said that confinement in prison indicates attaining kingship, on the evidence of the story of Yusuf.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 722–726
Confinement in a plastered house, unknown and standing apart from other houses, is an indication of death and the grave.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 722–726
If he sees as though he is bound in a house locked upon him, then he will attain good.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 722–726
Kinds and conditions of Imprisonment
Joseph and imprisonment
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation
His statement: (Had I stayed in prison as long as Joseph stayed, and then the summoner came to me, I would have responded to him). Thus he related it in abridged form.
Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7368–7369
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