Olive in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin

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

As for the olive, it is interpreted in several ways. A man came to Ibn Sirin and said to him: I saw as though I were weak, and I saw this night someone saying, "Eat that which is neither nor." So he said to him: Eat olives. And perhaps that refers to its tree or its leaves. And that is derived from His saying, exalted be He: "neither eastern nor western."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 134–135

As for the yellow olive, it is worry and grief; the green one is wealth and estates; and the black one is not praiseworthy.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 134–135

Whoever sees that he is eating olives, then it is interpreted as wealth for the people of righteousness, and as worry for the people of corruption.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 134–135

And if it is crushed or pressed, then there is disagreement about it. Some of them said it is good, because of the oil in it; and some of them said it is not good, because of the crushing and pressing in it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 134–135

And perhaps the olive is an oath which the eater swears, according to what has come concerning that, as was previously mentioned regarding the fig. And it is said: seeing it when it is gathered and stored indicates worship, because it is found in places of worship.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 134–135

Jabir al-Maghribi said: Whoever sees that he is eating salted olives with bread, then he will obtain a small benefit.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 134–135

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

(It is related) that a man came to Ibn Sirin and said: I saw as though someone was saying to me, "If you wish to attain recovery from your illness, take 'neither-nor' and eat it." Ibn Sirin said: That refers to nothing but eating olives, because Allah the Exalted said: "an olive tree neither of the east nor of the west."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 620–623

(It is also related) from him that a man came to him and said: I saw as though I obtained oil at the root of an olive tree. He said to him: What is your story? He said: I was taken captive as a small boy, and when I was freed I had reached the age of manhood. He said: Do you have a wife? He said: No, but I bought a slave girl. He said: Look into it, lest she be your mother. So the man went back from him and kept investigating the circumstances of the slave girl until he found that she was his mother.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 620–623

(It is also related from him) that a man came to him and said: I saw as though I went to the root of an olive tree, pressed it, and drank its liquid. Ibn Sirin said: Fear Allah, for your dream indicates that your wife is your sister through suckling. So he investigated the matter, and it was as he had said.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 620–623

Kinds and conditions of Olive

olives

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

It in a dream is wealth, and the olive tree is a blessed man, beneficial to his family.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 141

And it is said: a noble woman, or a son who is a chief, or a governorship.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 141

olive tree

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

As for the olive tree, it is blessed, and it may indicate knowledge and blessing, and it may bring benefit to relatives. And the olive tree may signify abundance of bounty for one who possesses righteousness, according to His saying, Exalted is He: "and olives and palm trees."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 129

As for holding fast to the leaves of the olive tree or its roots, that is holding fast to the most trustworthy handhold.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 129

crown of olives

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

As one having the order of Knighthood, and requiring a charge or conduct of some men of war, dreamt that being called of one, he went out of his house wherein he was, and having gone downe two staires, he thought that he which called him, reach'd him a Crown of Dlives, such as the Roman Knights used to weare in their Pomp: after which dream he was very joyfull, and all those that were of his company, were in hope that by this dream he should have his request: but he had not, and the reason thereof was, because he received the Crowne not in going up the stayres, but in comming down: for to ascend, signifieth honour, to descend the contrary.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

Notwithstanding, this dream signified another thing unto him: to wit, that he should marry and espouse a Maid, for the Crown was of tied branches

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

capers and olives

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

Of Capres and Olives, and all consections to kéep, also of other stamped and compounded things, I will not speak, because they are not good to dreame.

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

olive oil

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

Good olive oil is a blessing, whether he ate it, drank it, or anointed himself with it, because it comes from the blessed tree.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, p. 246

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