Rock 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 represents patient women, and it indicates resolve, steadfastness, and long life; and it indicates the doorkeeper and the builder.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 216–217

And perhaps seeing it indicates forgetfulness, on account of His saying (exalted be He): "When we took refuge at the rock, indeed I forgot the fish."

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 216–217

And it indicates shamelessness and debauchery; and perhaps the rock indicates one who is named by it among men, or one in whose origin there is baseness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 216–217

And an abundance of rock in the town means low prices, if you invert it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 216–217

So if the rock indicates an office, it will be of long duration and permanence.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 216–217

And if it indicates the wife, she will be patient and content.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 216–217

Freud and Jung, a separate view

(In the same way numerous other monuments show Mithra half embodied in the rock, and illustrate a rock birth, similar to Men.)

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. V Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth

Kinds and conditions of Rock

rocks and stones

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

Al-Kirmani said: seeing rocks and stones is interpreted in two ways: wealth, and a great man.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 118

So whoever sees that he possesses something of that: if it is soft, then it is the obtaining of wealth; and if it is hard, then he will gain power over a man whose standing is of that measure.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 118

rocks

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

(Rocks) that are solid, cut off, and cast upon the ground may indicate the dead, because of their being severed from the living mountains that glorify Allah. They also indicate people of hardness of heart, heedlessness, and ignorance, and Allah Most High has likened the hearts of the disbelievers to them. And the wise men liken

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 487–490

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

the Rocks those whom we love by constraint:

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

head crushed with a rock

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation

Ibn al-'Arabi said: The punishment was placed in the head because this sleeping was away from the prayer, and sleep has its seat in the head.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7428–7429

rock encircled by a snake

Freud and Jung, a separate view

The rock encircled by a snake is to be comprehended similarly, because Mithra is one born from a rock.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. V Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth

smashing the head against a rock

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

As for smashing: whoever sees as though he is smashing his head against a rock, then he sleeps and does not pray the night prayer ('atamah), on account of what is reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him).

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 745–746

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