Dream of Yusuf
العربية
Tailor in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin
Interpret my dream16 passages from 3 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
Seeing him in a dream indicates familiarity and reconciliation among people.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 99
And perhaps seeing him indicates the scribe and the one who contracts marriages.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 99
And seeing him indicates one who makes up for what he has neglected, or one who regrets his deed.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 99
As for the tailor, if he sews for himself, then he sets his worldly affairs right along with the soundness of his religion.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 99
And if he sees as though he is sewing but is not skilled at tailoring, then he wishes to gather what is scattered, but it will not come together.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 99
And if he sees as though he is sewing a garment for a woman, then a tribulation will befall him.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 99
Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat
The tailor is interpreted as a man who walks among people in righteousness. Whoever sees as though he is sewing for himself, then he strives for himself in the rectitude of religion.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 248–249
And the tailor is interpreted as a man who gives his religion precedence over his worldly life, so long as he does not take dirhams and dinars.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 251
Whoever sees as though he is sewing but does not sew well, then he wishes to bring together something scattered, but it will not come together.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 248–249
Whoever sees that he is sewing his wife's garment, an affliction will befall him.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 248–249
Al-Kirmani said: the tailor is a man at whose hands scattered affairs are mended together.
al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 248–249
attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam
The tailor is a man who joins together in righteousness, whose blessing extends to the noble and the lowly, and at whose hands scattered affairs are knit together.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 301–304
If he sews for himself, then he will set right his own worldly affairs together with the soundness of his religion.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 301–304
If he sees as though he is sewing but is not skilled at tailoring, then he wishes to gather what is scattered but it will not come together.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 301–304
If he sees as though he is sewing his wife's garment, then an affliction will befall him.
Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 301–304
Kinds and conditions of Tailor
mender (tailor who darns)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam
Seeing him in a dream indicates expansion and abundance of provision.
Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 139
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