Sugar 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

Sugar in a dream indicates joys, healing from illnesses, the removal of worries and sorrows, the attainment of hopes in everything one aims at, and the completion of every undertaking.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 175

For whoever makes it, eats it, or possesses it in a dream, it indicates a wife who is noble and beautiful.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 175

And if it indicates a child, he will be noble, pure, learned, and a match for every master of a craft in his craft.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 175

And if it indicates wealth, it will be lawful and wholesome.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 175

And if it indicates knowledge, it will be free of innovation (bid'ah).

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 175

Sugar indicates wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 175

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

Ibn Sirin said: a piece of sugar is gentle speech or a kiss.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 149

Whoever sees much sugar, then it indicates wealth and blessing.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 149

Jabir al-Maghribi said: whoever sees much sugar, its interpretation is praiseworthy, and selling sugar is good.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 149

Ja'far al-Sadiq said: sugar is interpreted in five ways: gentle speech, a kiss, benefit, wealth, and children, according to the amount of sugar he saw.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 149

And it is said: whoever sees that he is eating sugar, then it is honour and blessing, because it is among the foods of people of ease.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 149

Sugar is good in every case, whether he saw it or ate it. And rock candy (al-nabat) is more emphatic and has increase in it, on account of the derivation of its name; and seeing it, for a child, means his growth, and for legal cases his firmness, and it is very good.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 149

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

(As for sugar) the cooked kind, and fanid candy and the like, then it is sweet, fine speech that has come from a beloved, or a child, or a wife. And it is said: dinars and dirhams.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 812–814

Kinds and conditions of Sugar

sugar seller

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

He, in a dream, is a righteous, gentle man.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 162

And if he sells the sugar and takes dirhams as its price, then he will let people hear gentle words, and they will answer him with something even gentler.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 162

Candied sugar (qand)

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

In a dream it is sustenance accompanied by toil, worry and vexation.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 288

And perhaps it indicates deliverance from prison, or recovery from illnesses, or relief after hardship for the pregnant woman.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 288

sugar cane

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

Sugar cane signifies repeated speech that is found sweet and agreeable.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 231–233

A single lump of sugar is a kiss from a beloved, or a child.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 231–233

fanid (sugar candy)

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

It is in a dream joy, delight, and easy provision.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 263

qatayif stuffed with walnuts and sugar

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

It is in a dream wealth and pleasure along with joy, or an agreeable provision.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 288

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