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

21 passages from 4 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

Freud and Jung, a separate view

It seems conceivable from other indications that the conception of the soul in general is a derivative of the mother-imago, that is to say, a symbolic designation for the amount of libido remaining in the mother-imago. (Compare the Christian representation of the soul as the bride of Christ.)

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. V Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth

Kinds and conditions of Soul

soul and spirit

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

People have differed concerning the soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh). Some of them said: they are one and the same thing called by two names, as one says "human being" and "man," and that they are the blood, or something joined to the blood, both ceasing when it departs.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 10–14

The proof of that is that the dead man loses nothing from his body except his blood. They also argued for this from the language, by the Arabs' saying "nafisat al-mar'ah" when a woman menstruates — and "nafisat" derives from al-nafs — and by their calling a woman at her childbirth "nufasa'" because of the flowing of the nafs, which is the blood. And it has perhaps never ceased to run upon people's tongues, their saying "his soul flowed out" when a man dies.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 10–14

intellect and soul

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

Jabir al-Maghribi said: the vision of the intellect and the soul is interpreted as the father and the mother, whether they be present or absent. So whoever sees anything of the two of them, then he will see one of his two parents.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 253–254

It is related that a man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, last night I saw my soul and my intellect gathered together in the form of two human beings, and they came to me and drank wine with me as we used to do in the time of Jahiliyyah. He (peace be upon him) said: The intellect is interpreted as the portion of this world, and the soul is interpreted as the portion of the Hereafter.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 253–254

world soul

Freud and Jung, a separate view

When we now learn, furthermore, that the world soul contains in itself _the world as a body_, then this picture inevitably reminds us of the mother.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. V Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth

Moreover, I refer to my remarks about the maternal meaning of the world soul in Plotinus, in Chapter II.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. V Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth

seizing of the soul

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

In a dream it indicates the returning of deposits to their owners, or the sick person's deliverance from his illness, or the prisoner's release from his prison.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 271

And perhaps that indicates reunion with the one who is absent.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 271

Contraction of the soul (qabd)

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

Which is the opposite of expansion (bast), it may indicate in a dream illness or death, on account of His saying, exalted be He: "Then We withdrew it to Us, a gentle withdrawal."

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 285

And grasping something with the hand is the renewal of a possession, or a spouse, or a child.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 285

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