Soldier in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin and al-Nabulsi

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

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

And it is said: whoever sees that he is a soldier, then grief and loss will befall him, and if he is sick he will die.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 269–272

And it is said: if a slave sees that he is a soldier, he will attain honour and nobility.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 269–272

And whoever sees that he has had his name entered in a register without having become a soldier, then he will obtain sufficiency in his livelihood without harm or hardship.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 269–272

Kinds and conditions of Soldier

soldiers / army

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

They in a dream are the army of Allah, mighty and majestic, and they are the angels of mercy, while the rabble are the angels of punishment.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 59–60

(And if) a person sees that he is a soldier eating the provision of a king in his register, then he will assume authority over lands without effort.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 59–60

choosing soldiers for battle

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

To chuse men of war or souldiers to the battaile, is death to those which are some way sick, and often to old folkes:

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

to others it is businesse and angers, change of place, flights and voyages,

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

soldiers

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

And their saying regarding locusts that they are soldiers, and regarding soldiers that they are locusts.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 15–19

14 more passages on this symbol are in the database and used by the interpreter.