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

23 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 a dream it is a wife for the unmarried man who keeps neither a secret nor money.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 329

In a dream it is a servant of benefit, because it scoops up dirt and dung, and all of that is wealth that no one needs except one who already has such a thing with him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 329

And it may indicate the passing away of worry and distress, and the settling of debt.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 329

For the unmarried man, and for one who hopes to buy a slave girl, it is marriage and delight.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 329

And the shovel is a trustworthy man whose help everyone seeks.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 329

And for one whose provision has been straitened, it is good fortune coming.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 329

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

As for the shovel, it is interpreted as the slave girl who takes charge in the house of setting it in order.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 186

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

(As for the shovel) it is a servant and a benefit as well, because it scoops up earth and dung, and all of that is wealth; and no one needs it except one who has such things in his possession.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

And for the unmarried man, and for one who hopes to purchase a slave-girl, it is marriage and a concubine.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

And for one whose provision has been withheld from him, it is good fortune; and for one who has a debt owed to him, it is glad tidings of his collecting it; and for one who has grain in the ground, it is an indication of his harvesting it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

So how much more so if he scooped up with it earth, or dung, or straw — that is even more wondrous in abundance.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

And scooping with it may indicate the graveyard and the place of slaughter, because it does not care what it scoops up, and it does not remain.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

And it may indicate knowledge; and it is said it is a child if he does not work with it, but if he works with it then it is a servant.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 700–705

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