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

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

Likewise the lily (sawsan): if it is turned away from what it is ascribed to in interpretation and is taken according to the outward form of its name, then evil is interpreted from it, because half of it is "su'" (evil). The poet said: "And a lily you gave me — you were not, in giving it to me, doing me a kindness. Its beginning is 'su'' (evil), and if you bring the latter part of it, then it is 'su' sanah' (an evil year)."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 15–19

(The lily) It is said that it is fair praise. And some of them said that it indicates evil, because of the derivation of "evil" (al-su') from its name; a single one of them is a "sawsana" (lily).

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 655–660

Kinds and conditions of Lily

lily / iris

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

And whoever sees that it is uprooted, then it indicates grief — as when a woman sees that she has cut a lily and handed it to her husband, then he will divorce her.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 138–139

And whoever sees that he has given lilies to one of his relatives, then it indicates his going far away.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 138–139

water lily (lotus)

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

In a dream it indicates concealment, or life, or travel by sea.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 303

And whoever was travelling on the sea and saw the water lily, it is feared for him that he may drown, or that the wind may cease for him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 303

water lily (nilufar)

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

As for the water lily: whoever sees it growing, then it indicates the attainment of a benefit from a woman or a slave girl, or that a child will be born to him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 139–140

Al-Kirmani said: If a woman sees that she has plucked a water lily and given it to her husband, then he will divorce her.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 139–140

jasmine oil / lily

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

And whoever sees jasmine oil in his hand, then he will break faith with someone through promises.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 774–777

And if he eats it, then he is the one afflicted by the breaking of promises.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 774–777

lily (susan flower)

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

In a dream it indicates evil and something detestable, because half of its name is "su'" (evil); and the lily also indicates the year (sanah) and the evil deed (sayyi'ah).

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 185

(And whoever sees) a lily in a dream and is given it, then it is an evil year.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 185

water lily

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

(The water lily) is lawful wealth that is gathered from one direction and spent from another direction.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 655–660

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