Dream of Yusuf
العربية
Oil 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 sustenance, lawful wealth, and healing for whoever anoints himself with it.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 142
(And whoever sees) that he is drinking oil, then that indicates sorcery or illness.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 142
Olive oil is knowledge, blessing, guidance, inner light, and lawful sustenance.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 142
And whatever is from other than olives, such as turnip oil and terebinth oil, is wealth most of which is doubtful, or it refers back to the ruler.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 142
And oil may indicate the light of eyesight or the light of the heart.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 142
And it may indicate the limiting of children, or the occurrence of an assault or a fracture.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 142
attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam
And whoever sees that he is drinking oil, then it indicates sorcery or illness.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 224–227
Kinds and conditions of Oil
oil presser
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
He is in the dream a man of wealth.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 244
If he presses sesame, then the wealth is growing and increasing, and likewise walnuts.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 244
oil (ointment)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
In a dream it is all grief, except for [olive] oil.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 116
So whoever sees that he anointed his head with oil, he will be seized by distress if it exceeds the proper measure and flows down.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 116
oils and ointments
Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat
Daniel said: Oils are interpreted as wealth and blessing, and perhaps they are interpreted as an inheritance.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 244
The rich oils, such as balsam oil, lily oil, and the like, are interpreted as knowledge and wisdom.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 244
lamp (oil lantern)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
In a dream it is a child or a spouse, if it has a spout (a nozzle for the wick).
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 274
But if it is solid without an opening in it, then it is a wife or a husband with no child between them.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 274
oil lamp holder
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
Seeing it in a dream indicates the livelihood of its owners.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 327
And if it is of the sort that is carried around the house, then it indicates the master of the house who himself goes about and attends to the interests of his family.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 327
press (oil/sugarcane press)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
In a dream, if it is a sugarcane press, it indicates the world and its coming to one, because of the sustenance of varied colours and tastes within it, and because it has gathered together the masters of torment.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 337
And it may indicate burial, wealth, the pouring out of benefits, or torment, or the dispersal of prisoners to ease and coming out of hardship after distress.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 337
oil / anointing
Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat
As for anointing with fragrant oil, it is fair praise; and with foul-smelling oil, it is ugly praise.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 68
And it is said that oil in principle signifies distress.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 68
oil and anointing
attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam
Anointing with fragrant oil is fine praise, and with foul-smelling oil it is base praise. And it has been said that oil is fundamentally grief.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219
If he sees that he has a flask of oil and takes some of the oil from it and anoints himself with it, or anoints another with it, then he is a flatterer, or one who swears falsely, or a talebearer, because of His words, exalted be He: "They wish that you would be pliant, so they would be pliant" — the verse.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 215–219
naphtha (petroleum oil)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
In a dream it is an adulterous woman in whom there is no good.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 354
And it is said that it is unlawful wealth.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 354
oil lamp
Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat
And whoever sees that he is lighting the lamp of the congregational mosque, then he will beget a righteous, worshipful child. And many lamps are interpreted as religion and piety, and their being extinguished is the opposite of that.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 189
And whoever sees that there is a lamp in his house and it goes out, then it is interpreted in two ways: the expiration of his lifespan, or the death of his child; and perhaps it means dismissal from office for the owner of the house.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 189
anointing with oil (rubbing the body with oil)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
In a dream it is good praise and a pleasant reputation among people.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 46
Anointing with fragrant oil is good praise.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 46
painter (oil/varnish applier)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
He, in a dream, is a man who performs hidden works with which he adorns, and he is one who sets right and one who corrupts, like the hypocrite, the show-off, the affected flatterer, the deceiver, the praiser, and the eulogizer.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 120
The soundness of his work as opposed to its corruption, and its benefit as opposed to its harm, is inferred from the excellence of his oiling and its evenness and its suitability to the thing oiled, and from the place in which he applies it.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 120
Also in the sources
sesame oil (shiraj) · press (oil/juice press) · oil-seller / anointer · jasmine oil / lily · oil lamp and lampstand · oils · olive oil · painter/oil seller · oil seller
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