Pen 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 knowledge, command and prohibition, and a child.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 287

Any craftsman who sees in his dream that he has obtained the tools of his craft, all of them together and complete, will attain in that craft a comprehensive leadership.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 287

And if he sees that he has obtained a single tool of them, then he has secured that craft from poverty.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 287

If a scribe sees that he is wearing a robe, or that in his hand is a pen or a sheet of paper, then he is secured from poverty through the service of a king.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 287

The pen is the sustainer of everything, and it is a man who enters into a guarantorship.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 287

And if he does not enter into a guarantorship, then he will marry a woman of good religion, free and noble.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 287

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

So whoever sees the Pen of Divine Decree writing on the Preserved Tablet, and he interprets the reading of the writing, then the vision will be just as it is written.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 4

As for the pen, its interpretation has already been given in one of the sections of the first chapter, after the mention of the interpretation of the Pen of Divine Decree.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 197

And if he does not interpret the writing, then he will be one who ponders over the creation of Allah.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 4

And seeing the pen, so long as there is no mishap in it, is good.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 4

And if there is a mishap in it, then it is confusion of mind, or the obstruction of what he intends of worldly affairs.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 4

As for writing pens, they have interpretations: whoever sees that in his hand is a pen, Allah the Exalted will grant him a learned son; and it is said it is an office; and it is said knowledge, because of His saying, the Exalted: "He taught by the pen" — the verse.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 4

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

The pen indicates that by which a person is remembered and through which judgements are carried out, such as the sultan, the scholar, the ruler, the tongue, the sword, and the male child; and it may indicate the penis, and the ink its semen, and what is written upon it the one he marries; and it may indicate the coin-die, and the fingers his wives, and its ink his seed.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 662–666

And whoever obtains a pen obtains knowledge.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 762–765

One arrives at the realities of its interpretation only through the realities of what is written, the additional details of the dream, the inner thoughts, and the hopes one has in waking life.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 662–666

It is said that the pen indicates knowledge. So whoever sees that he has obtained a pen, then he will obtain knowledge corresponding to what he saw in his dream that he was writing with it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 662–666

And it is said that it means entering into guardianship and surety, because of His words, the Exalted: "And you were not with them when they cast their pens [as lots] as to which of them should be guardian of Maryam."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 662–666

(It is related) that a man said to Ibn Sirin: I saw as though I were sitting and beside me was a pen, so I took it and began to write with it, and I saw at my right another pen, so I took it and wrote with them both together. He said: Do you have someone absent? He said: Yes. He said: It is as though he has already arrived to you.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 662–666

Kinds and conditions of Pen

drabah (pen/enclosure)

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

It is in a dream the wealth of the man.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 119

And pens/enclosures indicate, for the teacher, his group of pupils; and for the craftsman, his workmen and assistants, or the people of his household who attend to his affairs, those who are under his guard and protection.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 119

animal pen

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

In a dream it indicates provisions, benefits, and profits.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 144

And perhaps it indicates that which preserves wealth, such as a buried cache, a storehouse, or a purse.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 144

pen (further readings)

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

The pen is command and prohibition, and authority over every trade; and the pen is the manager of everything.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 662–666

And it is said the pen is a son who writes. A man saw that he had obtained a pen, so he related his dream to an interpreter, and he was told: a boy will be born to you who will learn good knowledge.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 662–666

pen case

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

As for the pen case, it is interpreted as the woman, so consideration is given to its beauty.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 186

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