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

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

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

If he sees that he has been given a red or green ruby, then he will obtain a woman or a beautiful slave-girl.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 798–800

And if she was a pregnant woman, she will give birth to a beautiful girl.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 798–800

[If it is] stolen or there is treachery in it, then that woman or slave-girl will be forbidden to him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 798–800

And if it is a loan in his keeping, then the woman he obtains will not tarry long before she dies before him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 798–800

And whatever amount of rubies is abundant to the point of exceeding the limit, that is wealth that is reprehensible in religion, because of the substance of the name of the ruby stone.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 798–800

Kinds and conditions of Ruby

ruby (yaqut)

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

The large ruby is wealth, but with dislike, and perhaps it is something detested.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 169

And whoever sees that he has obtained a ruby, then he will attain his need.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 169

ruby (sapphire, corundum gem)

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

In a dream it signifies joy and amusement.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 374

So whoever sees that he has put on a ring set with ruby, then he will have adornment and a good name.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 374

ruby (spinel)

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

As for spinel rubies (al-'ilal), they are interpreted as a woman of high rank or a beautiful, intelligent slave girl — and if it be a woman or a slave girl...

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 168

Jabir al-Maghribi said: Whoever sees that someone known to him gave him a ruby (la'l), then he will marry a beautiful, comely woman of a beauty corresponding to that [ruby], from among the relatives of that man or his tribe. And if the man is unknown, then the woman will be unknown.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 168

sapphire/ruby (yaqut)

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

As for the sapphire/ruby (yaqut), it is interpreted with the meaning of the balakhsh (spinel), but here there is something additional to that, because the yaqut is of two kinds: a red kind and a green kind, and the green one has a variance on account of its colour.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 168

And whoever sees that someone stole a yaqut and gave it to him, then it is interpreted as an unlawful woman or slave girl. And the vision

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 168

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