Salt 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 wealth without toil.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 335

And if he sees it between two disputants, then they will be reconciled.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 335

(And whoever sees) that the people's salt has spoiled, then the plague will descend upon that place, or tyranny, or drought.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 335

And salt is occupation and illness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 335

And white salt is asceticism regarding this world, and good, and blessing.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 335

And whoever eats bread with salt has contented himself with a little of this world.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 335

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

As for salt, it is interpreted as wealth.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 227

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees that he has bought salt or that it was given to him as a gift, then it is interpreted as dirhams; and if he is sick, Allah the Exalted will cure him, because of what has come concerning it, that it is a cure for seventy-two ailments.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 227

(And it is said) the vision of salt is interpreted in five ways: eloquence, comeliness, uprightness, a clear matter, and the well-being of the neighbour.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 227

And Ja'far al-Sadiq said: The vision of white salt is of five aspects: dirhams, modesty, doing good, abundant wealth, and a good servant. And bitter salt is interpreted in five ways: dirhams returned back, evil speech, sorrow, distress, and lack of movement.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 227

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

As for salt, there is disagreement about it. Some said that the white kind of it signifies renunciation of the world, and good, and blessing; but Ibn Sirin disliked it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 224–227

White salt is dirhams and ready cash, and pleasant salt is dirhams in which there is worry and toil.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 762–765

As for salt, al-Qayrawani said that it indicates wealth upon which there is dust, among the kinds of property, because it comes from the earth, especially since by it the sustenance of the soul is set right; so it is in the position of dirhams and monies by which the welfare and livelihoods of people are set right.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 768–770

And it is said that the coarse/refined kind of it signifies worry, preoccupation, strife, illness, and dirhams accompanied by worry and toil.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 224–227

Its white indicates white dirhams, its black indicates black dirhams, and its perfumed/seasoned kind indicates gold and lawful wealth.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 768–770

And whoever eats bread with it has contented himself with a small portion of the world.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 224–227

Kinds and conditions of Salt

salt seller

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

He is the seller of salt; he indicates in a dream a man possessing wealth in dirhams.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 341

And the salt seller is a man who makes peace between people.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 341

Al-Salt

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

The vision of the bare (unsheathed) blade signifies being given power over enemies.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 101

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