Medicine 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 soundness in religion; so whoever drinks medicine in order to set his body right, then he sets his religion right.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 116

And whoever takes medicine in a dream, it is an indication of knowledge and sincere counsel and his benefiting from knowledge.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 116

And if he does not take it, he deviates from the truth and persists in his error and in indulging his own desire.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 116

And if in a dream he takes a fragrant, delicious medicine, it indicates marriage for the unmarried, a child for the barren woman, and wealth for the poor.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 116

And medicine may indicate the inkwell from which one writes, just as the inkwell indicates medicine; so joy is joys and gladness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 116

And that which is licked up [an electuary] is the affirmation of divine oneness and profession of the testimony of faith, or a benefit from the direction of the one whom the finger points to.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 116

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

Every medicine that is easy to drink and to eat is an indication of the sick person's recovery, and for the healthy person it indicates avoiding what harms him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219

As for medicine of foul taste that he can scarcely swallow, it is a slight illness followed by recovery.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219

It is said that potions of pleasant taste, easy to drink and to eat, are good for the wealthy on account of ease and enjoyment; but for the poor it is bad, because they do not turn their eyes toward such a thing except on account of an illness that befalls them and compels them to drink it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219

Whoever sees as though he drank medicine and it benefited him, then he is sound in his religion.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219

Kinds and conditions of Medicine

drinking medicine

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

(And whoever sees) that he is drinking medicine because of an illness he has, and it agreed with him, then it indicates the soundness of his religion; and if it did not agree with him, then the soundness of his religion departs from him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 68

(And whoever sees) that he is preparing medicine for people, then he does good to them.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 68

nasal medicine (snuff)

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

As for nasal medicine (snuff), it indicates intense anger.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 68

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

As for the nasal medicine (snuff): whoever sees that he is taking snuff, then anger will reach such a pitch in him that his means of contrivance will be straitened by it, in proportion to what he was given as snuff, whether oil or something else.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219

nasal medicine (snuff/errhine)

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

In a dream it indicates being compelled to obey a son, or the mother, or the person's chief, or that he is afflicted in his mind.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 176

(And whoever sees) that he is being given nasal medicine, then anger will reach him to such a degree that he is at a loss for a stratagem, in proportion to what he was dosed with through the nose, whether medicine or something else.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 176

medicines

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

To sée medicines is worst of all:

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

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