Dream of Yusuf
العربية
Painter in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin
Interpret my dream25 passages from 3 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.
Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat
The painter is interpreted in several ways. So whoever sees that he is painting a wall, or a ceiling, or something of the goods of this world, then he will be deluded by it, and will earn by trickery, and will be corrupt in his religion, and will occupy people with falsehood and abandon religion and right guidance — especially if they were images (statues), on account of the saying of the Exalted: "What are these images to which you are devoted?"
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 250
And it is said: the painter is interpreted as a man who embellishes things for whoever associates with him or deals with him.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 250
Kinds and conditions of Painter
engraver / decorative painter
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
Seeing him in a dream indicates knowledge and a righteous practice (sunnah).
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355
And perhaps seeing him indicates cunning, deception, and trickery.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355
painter / image-maker
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
Seeing him in a dream indicates knowledge, geometry, wisdom, the composing of poetry, and love-poetry.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 340
And perhaps seeing him indicates lying and the fabrication of speech in dangerous matters.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 340
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
engraver/painter
attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam
As for the engraver/painter: if his painting is in red, then he is a man of the adornment of this world and its delusion.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 297–300
And if his engraving is of the Quran upon stone, then he is a teacher of the people of ignorance.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 297–300
draftsman (painter/designer)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
Seeing him in a dream indicates the acceptance of the word, or a man of sound opinion, or an owner of estates and real properties, and a participant in every branch of knowledge.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 139
The draftsman is a man of command and prohibition, and perhaps he is an engineer.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 139
painter/oil seller
attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam
Like an oil seller: he performs hidden deeds by which he adorns [things].
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 318–322
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