Sun 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 a dream it is the supreme king, or the caliph, or the father, or gold, or one of the emirs, or a beautiful woman.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 189–192

Whoever sees in his dream that he has turned into the sun, then he will attain a kingdom in proportion to its rays.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 189–192

And if he sees that he clung to it, then he will attain strength and good from a vizier or a scribe.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 189–192

And if he obtains a sun suspended by a chain, he will be given a governorship and will rule justly in it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 189–192

And if he sits in the sun and draws near to it, then he will attain from a king favor, wealth, strength, and support.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 189–192

And if its rays shine from the east to the west, then he will rule what lies between them if he is worthy of that, and he will be granted knowledge by which he is spoken of in the two horizons.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 189–192

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

Daniel said: The vision of the sun is interpreted as the caliph and the sultan. So whoever sees that some event has befallen it, of the sort that would be considered objectionable in waking life, then that will come back upon it according to the nature of the event.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 6

Whoever sees that he seized the sun in the sky with his hand, or made it his possession, or became the sun, or came to be in its place, or took some of its light, he will obtain sovereignty if he is fit for that; otherwise the seer will obtain greatness and splendour in proportion to his rank, and he will draw near to him (the ruler) or act as his deputy.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 6

Whoever sees that he took the sun in his hand, but not from the sky, and it had no light and no rays, yet it was not dark, he will obtain

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 6

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

(The sun) is in principle the greatest king, because it is the most luminous of its peers in the sky, together with the abundance of its benefit and the fact that all people conduct their affairs by means of it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 434–437

And it may indicate the king of the place in which the dream is seen; and above it is one loftier than it, whom the sky indicates, and he is the King of kings and the greatest of sovereigns, for Allah, glorified and exalted be He, is the King of kings, the Compeller of compellers, and the Governor of the heaven and whoever is in it and of the earth and whoever is upon it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 434–437

And the sun may indicate the authority (sultan) of the dreamer himself.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 434–437

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

TO dream the Sun riseth shining and clear, is good to all, and also setting so; it signifyeth gaine, operation, protection, and liberty to servants,

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

but to such as would be secret is ill, for it discloses and discovers all.

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

In like sort, if it rise towards the East, it reléeveth the sicke after he hath béene very low, and signifies that sore eyes shall not make blinde the patient, and the returne of him which is farre off.

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

Also it is good for him which would travaile towards the East, to others in all affayrs it is crosse.

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

the Sun being darke or bloudy, or as it were murmuring with anger or heate, is ill to all, and signifieth sorenesse of eyes, sicknesse, and children.

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

And yet it hath béene found good to them which are in doubt, and which would be secret:

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

Freud and Jung, a separate view

When he believed that he was expressing his great longing for the beauty of the sun and the earth, “he went astray thereover” and fell into the hands of “the Evil One.”

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

From the realms of the religious world, the attention, just as in Faust,[116] turns towards the sun of this world, and already there is something mingled with it which has another sense

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

The reader will recall that in the preceding chapter the following chain of synonyms was adduced: the singer—God of sound—singing morning star—creator—God of Light—sun—fire—God of Love.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

If one honors God, the sun or the fire, then one honors one’s own vital force, the libido.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

The visible father of the world is, however, the sun, the heavenly fire; therefore, Father, God, Sun, Fire are mythologically synonymous.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

It remains rather as a synonym, for example, of the father or of God, or of the more or less personified symbol of the sun and fire.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

Kinds and conditions of Sun

the sun

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

...relief from sorrows; and if it was dark, then he will not be in a place where the ruler has need of the seer in any matter.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 7

(Jabir al-Maghribi said): The sun is interpreted as the mother, and he adduced for that the saying of the Exalted in the story of Yusuf, peace be upon him: "Indeed I saw eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 7

eclipse of the sun and moon

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

(Whoever sees) in a dream that the sun has been eclipsed, this is an event befalling the greatest king.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 301

And if he sees that the moon has been eclipsed, this is an event befalling the vizier.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 301

Joseph's dream (eleven stars, sun and moon)

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation

What is meant is that the sense of His saying: "the interpretation of my dream" — that is, the one previously mentioned, which was his seeing the stars, the sun and the moon prostrating to him. So when his parents and his brothers arrived in Egypt and entered upon him while he was in the rank of king, and they prostrated to him — and that was permissible in their law — the interpretation [was fulfilled] in the prostrators, and its being true consisted in the prostration.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7363–7364

It has been said that the interpretation also occurred with respect to the prostration, but that prostration did not actually occur from them; rather it is a metaphor for submission. The first view is the one relied upon.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7363–7364

Halo around the sun or moon

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

As for seeing the halo around the sun in a dream, it may indicate the seizing of debtors and encircling them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 115

And it may indicate the arrival of the rulers in a town and their gathering in it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 115

sun and moon fighting

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

A rare anecdote: 'Umar appointed a man as a judge in Syria, and one day he set out from Mecca, and he saw as though the sun and the moon were fighting one another, and the stars, some of them were with the sun and some of them with the moon, and that he himself had become a star. So he returned to relate his dream to the Imam 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. When he came before him, he said to him: "Why have you turned back from your road?" He said: "I saw a dream, and I returned to relate it to the Commander of the Faithful." So the Imam 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him: "When you saw that you were a star, did you see yourself with the sun or with the moon?" He said: "With the moon." He said: "Then be off, and never do any work for me." When he had gone out from his presence, the Imam 'Umar said to his companions: "If his dream is true, he will go forth with those who will not have victory over us." And when the battle of Siffin came, the man was killed with the people of Syria.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 262–263

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

(And it is related) that Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah's favour be upon him, dispatched a judge to Syria. He set out, then returned from the road, and Umar said to him: "What turned you back?" He said: "I saw in a dream as though the sun and the moon were fighting each other, and as though some of the stars were with the sun and some of them with the moon." Umar said: "With which of the two were you?" He said: "With the moon." He said: "Be off; you shall never do any work for me." Then he recited: "So We effaced the sign of the night and made the sign of the day to give light." And when the day of Siffin came, the man was killed with the people of Syria. And it has reached me that the man was Jabir ibn Sa'id al-Ta'i.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 19–23

sun-hero

Freud and Jung, a separate view

the premonition of the Redeemer, of the “Well-beloved,” of the Sun-hero, who again mounts to the height of the sun and again descends to the coldness of the winter, who is the light of hope from race to race, the image of the libido.

Carl Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious (1916) / Collected Papers (1917), Psychology of the Unconscious, ch. IV The Song of the Moth

sun myth

Freud and Jung, a separate view

it is most especially the totality of the sun myth which proves to us that the fundamental basis of the “incestuous” desire does not aim at cohabitation, but at the special thought of becoming a child again, of turning back to the parent’s protection, of coming into the mother once more in order to be born again.

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

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