Silver 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 dreams it is amassed wealth, and a nugget of silver is a beautiful slave-girl, white and possessing beauty, because silver belongs to the substance of women.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 265–266

So whoever sees that he is extracting silver from its ore, then he will practise guile upon a beautiful woman.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 265–266

And if it was abundant, he will obtain a treasure.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 265–266

And if he sees that he is melting silver, then he will quarrel with his wife and will fall upon people's tongues.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 265–266

And whatever of silver is wrought, such as a vessel or an ornament or the like of them, whether broken or intact — and he sees that he has been given something of that — then he will be entrusted with money or goods for safekeeping.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 265–266

And likewise if it were a mirror of silver, so long as he does not look into it and see anything but his own face.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 265–266

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

So whoever sees that he has obtained silver, whether in the form of discs or ingots, then it is interpreted as joy and delight; and perhaps it indicates his acquiring it in waking life, and it will be worry and grief — so in that one needs knowledge of the dreamer's marks and condition.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 172

Al-Kirmani said: sound silver indicates sound news, and broken silver is false news, quarrelling and dispute. And whoever sees it in one of the vessels, then it indicates a deposit entrusted to his keeping.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 172

And whoever sees that he found a piece of silver smelted from its ore, or that someone gave it to him, then it indicates that he will marry a woman from those lands and that mine.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 172

And whoever sees that he enters a silver mine, then it indicates that his wife will practise a deception upon him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 172

And whoever sees that he found much silver, then it indicates the acquisition of a treasure in the measure of that silver.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 172

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: the interpreters have differed over the interpretation of silver. Some of them disliked it altogether, because of what it contains by way of an allusion to al-infidad, which is dispersal and separation. And some of them said it indicates praiseworthy wealth, and drawing near to it indicates a beautiful slave girl; and extracting the lump of silver from its ore indicates the deception of a woman through whom he falls upon people's tongues.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 172

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

(Silver) is accumulated wealth, and a nugget of it is a beautiful, fair-skinned slave girl of comeliness, because silver is the substance of women.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 549–553

As for silver: whatever of it has been fashioned into something like a vessel, or an ornament, or the like of these, whether broken or intact — if he sees that he has been given something of that, then he will be entrusted with money or goods for safekeeping.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 801–803

So whoever sees that he has extracted a nugget of silver from its ore, then he will beguile a beautiful woman; and if it was large, he will obtain a treasure.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 549–553

Likewise if it were a mirror of silver, so long as he does not look at his face in it; for then he will encounter something he dislikes concerning his standing among people. And there is no good in looking into a silver mirror.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 801–803

And if he sees that he is smelting silver, then he will quarrel with his wife and will fall upon people's tongues.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 549–553

Silver bullion (nuqrah), when it is not fashioned, is the substance of women: a wife or a slave-girl.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 801–803

Kinds and conditions of Silver

dirhams (silver coins)

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

As for dirhams, they are interpreted in various ways according to the difference of natures, because many people, when they see dirhams in a dream, obtain in waking life the equivalent of what they saw.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 172

And some of them said: if he sees dirhams, then he will hear fine speech or the declaration of the oneness of Allah the Exalted, especially if the dirhams are white and new. And if they are black and have images upon them, then they indicate war and quarrel. Whole, sound dirhams indicate sound news, and broken ones among them indicate lying.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 172

dirham (silver coin)

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

was stolen from him, then he will weep for his child, or something he dislikes will befall him regarding him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 173–174

And whoever sees that he has a dirham with him and it was taken away from him, or it went from him a departure with no return, then it is interpreted in two ways: either the death of his child, or the occurrence of a harm from which he comes to the brink of death.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 173–174

gold and silver vessels

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

Whoever sees that he has obtained worked gold in the form of a vessel or the like, then a worry will befall him that lingers.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 173–174

And whoever sees that he has obtained some vessels bundled up in loads, there is no harm in it, since he did not lay eyes on the colour of the gold.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 173–174

gold or silver, purse

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

to sée some little péece of gold or silver, or his purse in his hand:

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

earring half gold half silver

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

A rare case: It is related that a man came to Ibn Sirin and said: I saw in my wife's ear an earring, half of it gold and half of it silver. He said: Perhaps you divorced her twice and one remains. He said: Yes, it is so.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 261–262

clothes woven with gold and silver

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

Clothes woven with gold and silver signify soundness in religion and worldly life, and the attainment of one's wishes.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 254–256

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