Light in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin and al-Nabulsi

28 passages from 4 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

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

Seeing it in a dream is an indication of a messenger or of knowledge.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 219

In a dream it is guidance.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 348

And perhaps it indicates the ability to do what one wishes in the light.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 219

And as for the unbeliever, if he sees that he came out of darkness into light, Allah the Exalted will grant him Islam and faith, and Allah the Exalted will take charge of him in this world and the Hereafter.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 348

And perhaps light, the sun, the full moon, and the like indicate those people who are named after them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 219

And light after darkness is wealth after poverty, honour after humiliation, guidance after misguidance, repentance after disobedience, and sight after blindness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 348

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

As for light after darkness, for whoever sees it concerning the common people: if they were in strife or perplexity, they will be guided aright and things will become clear to them, and the strife will be lifted from them; and if there was oppression upon them, it will depart from them; and if they were in drought, it will be relieved from them, and they will be given water and abundance.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 434–437

Light, in interpretation, is guidance.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 756–759

And it indicates for the unbeliever Islam, and for the sinner repentance, and for the poor man wealth, and for the unmarried man a wife, and for the pregnant woman the birth of a boy.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 434–437

Unless she has concealed it under her bed, or bundled it up in her garment, or put it into her pocket — then a girl will be born to her, secluded and beautiful.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 434–437

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

A burning light in the House, cléer and clean, is affluence of goods, to the Poore; to unmarried▪ persons, marriage: to the Sicke, health.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Second Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

But an obscure and troubled Light, is heavinesse and death by Sicknesse.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Second Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

A light put out is health to the sick: for soon after one will light it againe.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Second Booke of Artimedorus His Exposition of Dreames.

Freud and Jung, a separate view

I put these images here to show how the primitive symbolism of light gradually developed, with the increasing depth of the vision, into the idea of the sun-hero, the “well-beloved.”[168]

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

That is primitive libido symbolism, which shows how immediate is the connection between phallic libido and light.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. V Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth

Kinds and conditions of Light

contempt / making light of others

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

In a dream it is a bad indication however it may be, if the one showing contempt is one of the common people. So if a man sees as though one of the deeds of those who show contempt is being done to him, then there will befall him what befalls them, if he is among those of high rank.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 45

(And whoever sees) as though he showed contempt toward a believer, then his religion is defective, and he will despair of a man in whom he places hope, and humiliation will meet him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 45

light as guidance

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

Light is guidance out of error, and its interpretation is the opposite of darkness.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 434–437

Aminah, the mother of the Prophet — Allah's blessings and peace be upon him — saw as though a light came forth from her, and the palaces of Syria were illuminated by that light; then she gave birth to the Prophet, peace be upon him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 434–437

lamp/light vessel

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

(And light) is a servant.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

drowsiness (light sleep)

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

In a dream, for a pregnant woman it indicates deliverance from childbirth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 164

7 more passages on this symbol are in the database and used by the interpreter.