Ostrich 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 a bedouin Arab woman, and the male ostrich is a bedouin Arab man.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 358

And it is said the ostrich (na'amah) is a blessing (ni'mah).

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 358

And whoever rides an ostrich rides the post-horses, and it is said he will have intercourse with a eunuch.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 358

And the ostrich indicates a deaf person, because it does not hear; and it is said that it indicates the announcement of death (na'y), from its name.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 358

(And whoever sees) an ostrich dwelling in his house, his life and his blessing will be long.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 358

And if the ruler sees that he has an ostrich, then he will have a eunuch servant who guards the slave girls.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 358

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

As for the ostrich, it has several aspects: the male of them is a man, and the female is a woman from the people of the desert.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 215–216

And whoever sees that he rode an ostrich and it rose with him toward the sky and then returned to the earth, then he will travel with bedouin peoples and return safe and with gain. But if he does not return, then its interpretation is the opposite.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 216–217

And al-Kirmani said: whoever sees that he obtained an ostrich or owned it, then he will obtain a bedouin woman or slave girl.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 216–217

And whoever sees that he is riding an ostrich, then he will commit something forbidden. And it is said: whoever sees that he is riding an ostrich, then he will ride the post (courier mount).

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 216–217

And whoever sees that he is carrying an ostrich, then he will come to a favoured concubine.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 216–217

And it is related that a woman saw that her husband came from a journey and with him was an ostrich (na'amah). She related her dream to Shaykh Yusuf al-Karbuni, and he said: your husband will come to you and with him a blessing (ni'mah). And it was so. Then he travelled a second time, and she saw again that he came and with him were two ostriches. She related that dream to the Shaykh, and he said to her: your husband will come with good, and with him two blessings. And it was soon after that he came just as he had interpreted for her. Then he travelled a third time, and his wife again saw that he had arrived from his journey and with him were three ostriches. She rejoiced at that and came to the Shaykh, expecting from him the like of what had gone before, but he interpreted her dream contrary to what had preceded, and said to her: your husband has died. He took from her word "na'amat" (ostriches) the announcement of his death (na'y) and his dying. And the interpretation of this from some of the earlier shaykhs has already been mentioned.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 216–217

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

(The ostrich) is a bedouin woman for whoever owns it or rides it — a woman of wealth, beauty, and fine stature.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 392–399

It also indicates a eunuch, because it is tall, and because it is neither among the birds nor among the beasts. It also indicates the noble/swift one, because it is not outrun. And it indicates the deaf person, because it does not hear.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 392–399

It is a blessing (ni'mah) for whoever owns it or buys it, so long as he has no sick person with him; but if he has a sick person with him, then it is the announcement of his death.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 392–399

And whoever sees in his house an ostrich dwelling quietly, his life and his blessing will be long; its chick is a son and its eggs are daughters.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 392–399

And if he sees that the sultan has an ostrich, then he has a eunuch servant who guards the slave girls.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 392–399

The zalim is the male of the ostriches; and slaughtering it from the back of its neck is sodomy with him, and riding it is riding the post-courier's mount.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 392–399

Kinds and conditions of Ostrich

male ostrich

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

It is in a dream a bedouin man, or a servant, or a eunuch.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

So whoever sees that he slaughtered it from the back of its neck, then he will commit sodomy with a servant.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 232

ostrich meat

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

Ostrich meat is interpreted as wealth belonging to the people of the desert.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 244

cry of an ostrich

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

And the cry of an ostrich means obtaining a courageous servant.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 195–196

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