Locusts 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

In a dream it is punishment and a soldiery of Allah Almighty, because it is among the signs of Moses (peace be upon him).

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 71–72

(Whoever sees) that locusts have fallen upon a place, or flown in the sky and were with him, and there was harm from them, then it is an evil army that will descend there, or rain.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 71–72

The young wingless locusts (dabā) among them are an army of bad character and ugly conduct, worse than locusts; and it is said that locusts strip the earth bare.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 71–72

(If he sees) that something of them fell, then it is the punishment of Allah Almighty.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 71–72

And if he sees them in a place where they are eaten, or something is taken from them, then it is provision with which their owner is provided.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 71–72

And if they are poured into a vessel or a pot, then they are dinars or dirhams.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 71–72

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

As for locusts, they are interpreted as an army if they are flying, and cooked locusts are interpreted as dirhams and dinars; and if it is unknown, then it is interpreted as an unknown king.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 219

from an army, and some said from a bedouin man.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 220

Al-Kirmani said: locusts are the soldiers of Allah the Exalted, so whoever sees that he is eating locusts, then it indicates the attainment of good, benefit, and blessing.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 219

Jabir al-Maghribi said: Whoever sees that he is gathering many locusts in a jar, then it indicates money that will go out from him for the sake of marrying a woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 220

Whoever sees locusts, or that he is eating of them, then he will obtain good from the soldiery.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 220

And it is said that locusts are interpreted in five aspects: a tumultuous rabble, elevation in rank, rain, much talk, and affliction.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 220

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

And like their saying concerning locusts, that in certain circumstances they signify the rabble of the people, for al-ghawgha' (the rabble) among the Arabs means locusts.

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

(Locusts) are an army, common folk, and a rabble surging into one another; and perhaps they indicate rains.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 409–413

And if they are falling upon the roofs or into the threshing floors, then if they are exceedingly many and are unlike locusts, and are among the people or between the earth and the sky, then they are a chastisement. The same applies to lice and frogs, for these are signs by which the Children of Israel were chastised.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 409–413

Unless the people are gathering them or eating them and they have no harmful consequence or damage, then they are provisions being driven toward them and a livelihood that grows abundant among them; and this may come from the direction of the air, like the sparrow, the sand grouse, the manna, the truffle, the rainfall, and the like.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 409–413

And it is said that their being gathered together in a vessel indicates dirhams and dinars.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 409–413

(It has been related) that a man came to Ibn Sirin and said: I saw as though I took locusts and put them in a jar. He said: Dirhams that you will obtain and will drive toward a woman.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 409–413

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