Needle 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, for the unmarried man, marriage, and for the poor man, the covering of his condition.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 16–17

(And whoever sees) that he has obtained a needle, then the needle for its owner is a means to what he seeks of the setting right of his affair, and its gathering, or its mending, and the like of that.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 16–17

And if there is thread in it and he was sewing with it, then his condition will be mended and there will be gathered for him what had been scattered of his affair.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 16–17

(And whoever sees) that the needle with which he sews has broken, or has become split at the eye, or has been snatched from him, then his condition will be scattered and his affair will be spoiled.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 16–17

(And whoever sees) that it was lost from him or stolen, then he will be robbed accordingly, and then it will not be completed, nor will his condition be scattered.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 16–17

And the needle also indicates a woman, because of the insertion of the thread into it, and likewise the large packing-needle.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 16–17

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

As for the needle, it indicates seeking the setting right of the seer's affairs. So whoever sees a needle in his hand and is sewing with it, then it indicates that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 185–186

And whoever sees that his needle has broken or become bent, then it indicates the reversal of conditions and the scattering of affairs.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 185–186

And whoever sees that he has eaten a needle, then it indicates the good outcomes of his affairs and the attainment of benefits and desired things.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 185–186

And Jabir al-Maghribi said: whoever sees that someone has given him a needle, then it indicates striving for the setting right of his affairs by means of that person.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 185–186

And whoever sees that he has many needles with him, or that he bought them, then it indicates good and righteousness in his affairs.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 185–186

And Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: the needle is a strong man through whom affection comes about; and if there is thread in it, it indicates benefit through affection.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 185–186

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

As for the needle, it indicates a woman or a slave-girl, because of its hole and the inserting of thread into it, which is glad tidings of intercourse; and inserting something other than thread into it is a warning, on account of the words of the Exalted: "and they shall not enter Paradise until the camel passes through the eye of the needle."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 692–695

Likewise the needle is a promise concerning the work he performs with it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 774–777

As for if he sews people's clothes with it, then he is a man who counsels them or strives for reconciliation among them, because "al-nisah" means thread in the language of the Arabs, and the needle is "al-minsahah" (the counselling instrument), and the tailor is the counsellor.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 692–695

And if he sews his own clothes, he becomes self-sufficient if he was poor, and his affairs come together if they were scattered, and his condition is set right if it was corrupt.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 692–695

As for if he darns pieces with it, then he repents from backbiting or seeks forgiveness from a sin—if his darning was sound and well done; otherwise he offers a false excuse and repents from a liability without obtaining release from the one he wronged. And from this it is said: whoever backbites has torn, and whoever repents has darned.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 692–695

And the needle is a man who unites people, or a woman who unites people.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 692–695

Kinds and conditions of Needle

large needle (bodkin)

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

It, in a dream, indicates a woman, because of the inserting of the thread into it.

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

So whoever sees that in his hand is a large needle: if his wife is pregnant, she will bear him a daughter.

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

large needle (awl)

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

As for the large needle (awl), it is a man who sets affairs right and brings people together in harmony.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 185–186

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