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

13 passages from 3 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

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

He is, in a dream, an enemy of the religion.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 262

Whoever sees Pharaoh in a good state, that is the bad state of the leader (imam) and his people, just as Pharaoh's bad state is the good state of the leader and his people; and likewise for every enemy of a man.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 262

Whoever sees that he has been transformed into one of the pharaohs of the world, then he will attain power and his claim will spread, but his religion will be corrupted.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 262

Whoever sees that one of the dead pharaohs, or the Persian emperors, or the tyrants is in a town or a place, or that he is its governor, then that one's way of conduct will appear there.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 262

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

a city or a land and settled in it, then it indicates the appearance of the conduct of the Pharaohs in that place.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 192

Jabir al-Maghribi said: Whoever sees that a Pharaoh gave him something or ordered a robe of honour for him, then it indicates obtaining unlawful wealth from an unjust king, in proportion to what he saw.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 192

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees one of the Pharaohs, the Chosroes, or the tyrants, alive or dead, in a land or a town, then it is interpreted in four ways: the appearance of his way there; the injustice of its ruler, until he becomes in his deeds comparable to him; his dismissal and the appointment of another whose deeds are the same; and the occurrence of a general calamity for the people of that place.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 192

And whoever sees that one of the Pharaohs became a Muslim or just, then its interpretation is the opposite of what has preceded.)

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 192

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

And every Pharaoh whom a man sees in his sleep is an enemy of Islam, and the soundness of his condition indicates the corruption of the condition of the people of Islam and of their imam. This is a continuing principle in dream interpretation.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 670–673

For everyone who sees his enemy in his sleep in a bad state, the interpretation of his dream is the soundness of his own condition; and everyone who sees his enemy in a good state, its interpretation is the corruption of his own condition.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 670–673

And if he sees as though he has been transformed into one of the Pharaohs of the world, then he will attain power and his conduct will resemble the conduct of that tyrant, and he will die in an evil state.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 670–673

Likewise, if he sees as though one of the dead tyrants is alive in a town, that tyrant's conduct will appear in that town.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 670–673

Kinds and conditions of Pharaoh

pharaohs

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

As for the pharaohs, they are interpreted in several aspects. Ibn Sirin said: Whoever sees one of the pharaohs of old, or a tyrannical king, entering

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 191