Pomegranate 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 amassed wealth, if it is sweet.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

And perhaps the pomegranate indicates a woman, and perhaps it is a flourishing district.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

And the pomegranate is wealth and a child.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

And the pomegranate is interpreted as a thousand dirhams, or a hundred, or ten, according to the condition of the dreamer.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

And for the sultan the pomegranate is interpreted as the city: if he breaks it open, he conquers a city; its rind is its wall, its seeds are its men, and its pith is its wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

And whoever eats the rinds of a pomegranate in his dream is cured of an illness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 138

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

As for the pomegranate, it has several aspects. Daniel said: the pomegranate is in principle wealth, but according to the measure of the aspiration of the one who sees it, especially if it is in its season; and if it is out of season, then it is not praiseworthy.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 136–137

Jabir al-Maghribi said: sweet pomegranate, if a person eats it in its season, means obtaining a thousand dinars, and the least of it is fifty dinars.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 137

Ibn Sirin said: the sweet pomegranate is interpreted as a woman possessing wealth, and perhaps the sweet pomegranate is a thousand dirhams, while the sour one is grief.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 136–137

And if he sees that he ate pomegranate in the days of winter, or plucked something of it and ate it, then it is interpreted as a beating.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 137

In sum, sour pomegranate, whether in its season or out of its season, is not praiseworthy.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 137

As for the wrapping/husk, the matter in it is middling; and the number of pomegranates when he gathers them is not praiseworthy, whether in season or out of season.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 137

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

It may be, for the sultan, a district that he owns, or a city over which he holds authority: its rind is its wall or its rampart, and its seeds are its inhabitants.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 5–10

(The pomegranate) is amassed wealth if it is sweet, and the pomegranate may be a flourishing district, and it may be a knot [i.e., a hoard/bond]. The pomegranate tree is a man, and it may be a woman.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 637–641

And for the merchant it is his house in which his family dwells, or his bathhouse, or his caravanserai, or his ship laden with people and wealth in the midst of the water, or his shop thronged with people, or his school filled with boys, or his purse in which are his dirhams and dinars.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 5–10

The sour pomegranate is worry and grief.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 637–641

And it may be, for the scholar or the devout ascetic worshipper, his book and his copy of the Quran: its rind is its pages, and its seeds are his writing by which his righteousness comes about.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 5–10

(And it is related) that a man came to Ibn Sirin and said: I saw a pomegranate in my hand. He said: It is a woman whom you will marry; and if you ate it, then that is good.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 637–641

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

Pomegranets signify stripes, by reason of their colour.

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

Kinds and conditions of Pomegranate

pomegranate tree

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

As for the pomegranate tree, it is a sensible, beneficial man from whom many benefits of various kinds are obtained, and he is a man of religion which restrains him from acts of disobedience and grave sins.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 130–131

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

(And the pomegranate tree) is a man possessing religion and worldly means, and its thorns are what restrain him from acts of disobedience.

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

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