Mirror 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 fantasy and delusion, and some say it is a woman.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 331

Whoever sees that he looked into a mirror and saw his face with a black beard, while he is otherwise, then he will be honoured among the people and his standing among them will improve in the matter of his worldly life, but not his religion.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 331

And if he looked into it, or into water, or into something, and his image was reflected to him in it, a son will be born to him resembling him in colour and in trade.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 331

And whoever looks into a mirror, then he will marry a woman; and if he has a wife who is absent, she will come to him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 331

And if he is a sultan, he will be deposed.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 331

And if he looked into it from behind it, then he will come to a woman in her anus.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 331

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

As for the mirror, it has several aspects. Ibn Sirin said: the mirror indicates rank and authority in proportion to its size and clarity.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 184–185

Whoever sees that he gave it to someone, then it indicates depositing his wealth in trust.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 184–185

Al-Kirmani said: whoever sees that he is looking into a mirror made of iron, if his wife is pregnant, then she will bring forth a son who resembles his father.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 184–185

And if a woman sees that she is looking into a mirror while she is pregnant, then she will give birth to a daughter who resembles her.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 184–185

And if she is not pregnant and she is barren, then her husband will quarrel with her and beat her.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 184–185

And if a young boy sees that he is looking into a mirror, then he will obtain a sister.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 184–185

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

(As for the mirror) whoever among the unmarried looks at his face in it, then he will marry someone else and cast his face [upon her]; and if he has a pregnancy [in his household], one like him will come, whether the one looking was male or female.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 696–699

And it may indicate the separation of the two spouses, such that the one looking sees in his house a face other than his own face.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 696–699

As for the traveller, that is an indication for him of his journey, such that he sees his face in a land other than his own and in a place other than the one he is in.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 696–699

And a distinction may be made in it according to the intention of the one looking into it, his condition, and his hopes. So if his looking into it was to set his face right or to apply kohl to his eyes, then he is one who looks into the affair of his brethren, one who is godfearing and follows the sunnah.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 696–699

And his mirror may indicate his heart, so whatever rust he sees upon it, that is sin and the veiling of his heart.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 696–699

In a mirror of silver: something disliked will befall him in his standing.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 696–699

Kinds and conditions of Mirror

polished (burnished) object / mirror-like surface

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

He is in a dream like the vizier: the affair of the noble and the lowly is referred to him, and he is steadfast, just, and awe-inspiring.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 214

And the polished (burnished) object: seeing it in a dream indicates the passing away of worry and grief, and knowledge after ignorance, and the companionship of the righteous who make him see the faults of his own soul.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 214

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