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

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

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

In dreams it is a wife, a boy, a riding beast, a friend, a partner, and travel.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 356–357

(Whoever sees) that he bought a sandal but did not walk in it, then he will buy a slave girl or marry a free woman.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 356–357

And if he walked in it, then he will undertake a journey over land.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 356–357

And the woman's complexion is like the colour of the sandal: if it is green, then the woman is religious and righteous.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 356–357

And if it is black, then she is a woman of wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 356–357

And if it is yellow, then she is sick.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 356–357

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

As for sandals, they are of many kinds and their interpretation has several aspects. Al-Kirmani said: as for the sandal that is for travel, wearing it is travel; and the one for staying at home is a woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 162

in his gathering, then he will have intercourse with a woman. The hairy, untanned sandal is a woman ascribed to that sort. The sandal with its heel cut off is a barren woman. And it is said: he will marry a woman without a valid contract, and perhaps she will be without

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 163

Whoever sees that he has put on two new boots and walked in them along a road heading somewhere, then he will travel; and if something of them is severed or weakened, then he will remain in his journey with contentment of soul.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 162

Whoever sees that his sandal is double-layered and then the layer separates but does not fall off, then his wife will give birth to a girl. And if the layer remains attached to the other layer, then the girl's life will be long alongside her mother; and if it falls off, then she will die.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 163

Whoever sees that he has put on two sandals but is not walking in them, then he will have intercourse with a woman or a slave girl, if the two sandals are new.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 162

Whoever sees that he patched his sandal, then he suspects some fault in his wife but treats her well in companionship. And if someone else patches it, it indicates that that person corrupts his wife.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 163

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

And removing the sandal is parting from a servant or a woman.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 260–262

As for the sandal, it is of several kinds. As for travel sandals, whoever wears them will travel, or someone who shares in the dream will travel, or property of his will be sent travelling — and that is when he walks in them in the dream.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 794–797

And the trimmed (cut-out) sandal, if he walks in it, is a road and a journey.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 260–262

But if he wears them and he had hoped for a journey, it may be completed and it may not be completed, if he does not walk in them.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 794–797

So if its thong breaks, he will abandon his journey.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 260–262

And if its thong breaks, or he takes it off, he stays back from his journey and is held back from his road.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 794–797

Kinds and conditions of Sandal

farrier/sandal maker

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

The farrier is a man who torments people for the sake of money.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 313–317

If he sees as though he is being shod as riding animals are shod, and he feels no pain from it, he will obtain wealth; but if pain reaches him, harm will reach him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 313–317

cobbler (sandal-maker)

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

In a dream, [the cobbler] is a man who takes charge of women's affairs, adorns them and prepares them; that is because the cobbler works on sandals, and sandals in a dream are women.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 89

And it is said that he is a broker of slave-girls.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 89

clogs (wooden sandals)

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

In a dream it signifies repentance for the sinner, or quarrelling, or knowledge, or the disclosure of a secret by one who wishes to keep it hidden.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 275

(And whoever sees) that he is walking in clogs of glass, then he is a talebearer of poor health, who does not remain in one state with whoever accompanies him and wearies him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 275

sandal maker

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

And the sandal maker is a slave-girl dealer who settles the affairs of women, because the sandal is a woman.

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

sandal strap

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

Or concerning a woman whom he has intercourse with, according to the substance of the sandal strap, its beauty, and its form.

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

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