Purse 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

It in the dream is the body of a person; so whoever sees it empty, that is an indication of the death of the owner of the purse.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 294

(And whoever sees) a purse at his waist, then he has much knowledge which he has acquired over his lifetime.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 294

And if there are sound dirhams in it, then the knowledge is sound.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 294

And if they are clipped and cut up, then he retains the knowledge but needs to study.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 294

And it is said that the purse is the secret of its owner; so if what is in it is emptied out, the secret becomes exposed.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 294

(And whoever sees) that his purse has split open and what was in it is gone, then the purse is his body and the money is his spirit, so that indicates his death.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 294

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

As for the purse, it is interpreted as the woman and other things. It is said: whoever sees something in the purse, of dirhams and dinars or the like, then it indicates blessing and good in proportion to what he saw; and the empty purse is its opposite. And perhaps the empty purse indicates the nearness of his death, because the purse in interpretation is the body of the man.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 239

It is related that a man came to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: O Commander of the Faithful, I saw as though I opened a purse and found nothing in it. He said to him: the purse is the body of the human being, and the dirhams are his speech and his mention; so since you found nothing in the purse, it is interpreted as the cutting off of your discourse with this world. And when the man turned back heading to his house, a horse kicked him and he was killed.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 239

Likewise if he sees his purse upended and turned upside down, such that everything in it came out and nothing remained in it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 239

Al-Kirmani said: whoever sees his purse cut open, then it indicates the divulging of his secret.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 239

And whoever sees that he sewed up the cut in his purse, then it indicates the concealing of his secret; and if he places a seal upon his purse, that is the safeguarding of his secret.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 239

And whoever sees that he sealed his purse while it was empty, then it is interpreted as concealing the falsehood of his speech.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 239

Kinds and conditions of Purse

purse / money-bag

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

...many; if he is a merchant it indicates his bankruptcy, and if he is not a merchant then there is no good in it, and if he is a king then he will be deposed.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 240

Al-Salimi said: Whoever sees a purse with something in it, then it is interpreted according to its good and its evil, so let him consider what was in it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 240

purse (bundle of money)

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

In a dream it is a secret.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 216

So whoever sees that he deposited with a man a purse or a bag containing dirhams or dinars, then he is entrusting him with a secret.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 216

gold or silver, purse

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

to sée some little péece of gold or silver, or his purse in his hand:

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

purse maker

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

The purse indicates, among things, secrets and their being uncovered; its being uncovered [means] the disclosure of the secret and treachery in a trust.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 301–304

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