Navel 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 indicates the seer's mother or his father, or his earnings from which he used to live, or his trade which he used to attend to; and perhaps it indicates his wife or his slave-girl or his sealed purse.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 179–180

So if he sees in a dream that some evil accident has befallen his navel, then that reflects back upon what has been mentioned: a father, or a mother, or a child, or wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 179–180

And if the seer is ill and sees that his navel has opened, then it indicates his death.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 179–180

But if he opens it with his hand, he has opened his granary, or his storehouse, or his purse, in order to spend from it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 179–180

And perhaps the navel indicates joy (masarrah) and a secret (sirr).

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 179–180

(And whoever sees) that he has two navels will be granted two beautiful slave-girls.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 179–180

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

According to the interpreters, a person's navel signifies his dealings and his joy, namely his wife. So whoever sees in it something adorning or something disfiguring, its interpretation is in that regard.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 58

(Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said): The navel may be an authority, indicating that its owner behaves badly in his conduct with his wife.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 58

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

As for the navel, it is the man's wife, or his beloved among his slave-girls, and his aspiration. So whatever he sees in his navel of ugliness of state, or beauty, or ill condition, that pertains to them.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 167–170

And it is said: whoever has two parents and sees his navel ailing, that indicates an ailment of the parents. And whoever has no parents, that indicates their homelands in which they were born. As for one who is in a foreign land, it indicates his return.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 167–170

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

The Navill is losse of father and mother to such as have them, and to others banishment.

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

Kinds and conditions of Navel

navel pain

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

(And whoever sees) that there is a pain in his navel, then it indicates that he treats his wife badly.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 63

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

As for pain in the navel, its vision indicates that the one who sees it treats his wife badly.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 208–211

thin part of the belly (below the navel)

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

It in a dream, and what adjoins the navel from above it and below it, indicates the strength of the body and dominion.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 343

So whenever there is pain in any part of that, that indicates the illness of the dreamer and his poverty.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 343

4 more passages on this symbol are in the database and used by the interpreter.