Mill 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

It is the house of the millstone. So the mill in which wheat is ground, seen in a dream, indicates knowledge by which truth is distinguished from falsehood.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 230

And it indicates the house of the ruler, because of what it contains of income and expenditure, measure and balance, justice and fairness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 230

And it indicates sustenance and profit, because of the increase that occurs in the grinding.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 230

And it indicates spouses, because of the mounting of the two stones one upon the other and the coming forth of the flour from between them like a child or the sperm-drop.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 230

And the mill may indicate worries, distresses, constriction of the breast, and splitting of the head.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 230

And it may indicate the irrigation channel, because of the turning of the wheel in it and the cog, and the coming out of the flour and its transfer from one vessel to another, like water transferred into the basins by the buckets.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 230

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

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: As for the mill turning on water, it indicates a man of good governance and sound judgement whose hand holds much wealth; and its turning indicates travel and the gathering of provision, and perhaps seeing it indicates war. As for the breaking of the millstone, its interpretation is disputed: some of them said it indicates the death of its owner.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 115

And whoever sees that he took wheat to the mill and ground it, then he will benefit from the owner of the mill, and perhaps the owner of the mill will also benefit from him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 115

And whoever sees a defect in the mill, or sees that someone stole the stone, then a defect will occur for its owner; and it is said: illness.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 115

Ibn Sirin said: Seeing a mill indicates dispute and fighting; but if the mill is his own property, then it is less strife.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 115

And whoever sees a stone turning without wheat, then it indicates travel; and if there is wheat in it upon which it turns, then it indicates the progress of his condition in his means of livelihood.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 115

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees a millstone of iron or copper, then it indicates a severe dispute; and if it is of glass, it will be a dispute on account of women.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 115

Kinds and conditions of Mill

millstone / mill

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

(The millstone) the mill indicates its owner's livelihood, his shop, and everyone who gains his living with him, or everyone who serves him, prepares his food, and whom he has intercourse with, whether wife or slave-girl. It may also indicate travel, because of its turning, and it may indicate plague and war, because of its crushing — and the Arabs and the poets often use it as an expression for that.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 523–526

So whoever buys a millstone will marry, if he is unmarried, or will marry off his daughter or his son, or will buy a servant for intercourse or for service, or will travel if he is one of the people of travel. And if he is poor, he will gain what suffices him, because no one needs a millstone except one who has something to grind in it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 523–526

millstone / hand-mill

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

Then it indicates the attainment of good and livelihood, and perhaps the millstone is war, because of the saying of the Arabs: "The war turned as the millstone turns." And if it does not turn, then it is a woman whom he will obtain.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 116

And whoever sees that he is grinding with his hand, then he will obtain much good and will spend from the work of his hand, and perhaps that indicates marriage or taking a concubine.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 116

hand-mill (millstone)

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

In a dream it indicates the relief of its people from their straits, or their wealth after their poverty, and it indicates a wife for the bachelor, a husband for the unmarried woman, and a servant in the house.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 132

Seeing the hand-mill in a house where it was not their custom to have one indicates troubles, being overpowered, and quarrelling.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 132

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