Tent 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 indicates travel, or the grave, or the wife, or the house; and an abundance of tents is clouds.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 98

(And whoever sees) that a tent was pitched over him: if he is a ruler, he will attain an increase in his rule;

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 98

and if he is a soldier, he will be given a governorship;

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 98

and if he is a merchant, he will travel and gain good and honour and a beautiful slave girl.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 98

And if he sees facing his tent a white one, then he is a man who enjoins what is right and forbids what is wrong, and he repents from a grave sin.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 98

(And whoever sees) the moon in his tent, then he will fall in love with a youth or a slave girl from the ruler's household.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 98

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

As for tents, they represent a woman who keeps a secret.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 109

As for the tent: whoever sees that he is pitching a tent, or that one is pitched for him and he sits in it, then if he is one of the people of power he will attain a governorship and wealth; and if he is a merchant he will obtain from his travel wealth and prestige; and if he is other than those mentioned, then it is interpreted as sorrow and grief. And if it is rough and torn, then it means the occurrence of harm and loss. And if he knows its owner, then it is interpreted for him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 164

And he had seen, before he became sultan, as though he were in a tent, half of which was on land and half of it in the sea. So he summoned an interpreter and related to him the second dream, and he said to him: "Promise me something." So he promised him, and he said: "If your dream is true, you will be a sultan, and the people of the land and the sea will obey you." And so it was.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 268–269

So whoever sees that there is something in it, then her inner state corresponds to whatever that thing is attributed to.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 109

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: the tent for the sultan means an increase in governorship, and for the merchant travel; and perhaps it indicates obtaining a beautiful virgin slave girl, for the words of the Exalted: "Houris secluded in the tents."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 164

And if he sees it empty, then that woman will not be agreeable to what he wants from her. And Allah the Exalted knows best.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 109

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

And it is said that the tent is a governorship, and for the merchant it is travel. And it is said that it indicates obtaining a beautiful virgin slave-girl, because of His saying, exalted be He: "Houris secluded in the tents."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 679–682

Kinds and conditions of Tent

tent pavilion (khirgah)

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

The tent pavilion is interpreted as a woman. So whoever sees that he is sitting in a tent pavilion, then he will marry a woman and will obtain good from the goods of this world, especially if it was his own property or he knows its owner; and if he does not know its owner...

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 255–256

And the tent pavilion, if it is green or white, then it indicates good.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 255–256

Pavilion tent (fustat)

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

(Whoever sees) in a dream that a pavilion tent was pitched over him, then he will attain authority and his affair will grow strong. And it is said:

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 268

(And whoever sees) that he has a pavilion tent, then he will visit the graves of the martyrs and pray for them, and perhaps he will depart from this world as a martyr.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 268

canopy (royal pavilion tent)

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

It is in a dream a sultan. So if a person sees a canopy, then he will triumph over the adversary of his sultan.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 181

(And whoever sees) a canopy pitched, then that is a sultan and a king who leads armies, because canopies belong to kings, and so likewise the large pavilions, except that they are lesser than it, and the dome-tent is lesser than the pavilions, [and the smaller tent] lesser than the dome-tent.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 181

tent-maker (khaymi)

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

Seeing him in a dream indicates movements and travels.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 99

And perhaps seeing him indicates graveyards.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 99

large canopy tent (sayawan)

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

As for the large canopy tent (sayawan), it is a king who is less than a sultan.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 164

Jabir al-Maghribi said: if the canopy tent is of cotton or wool, or its colour is white or green, then it indicates service to a righteous king; and whoever sees other than that, its interpretation is the opposite.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 164

dome tent

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

And perhaps the dome tent is a woman: one says "he pitched a dome tent" when a man consummates marriage with his wife. The origin of this is that whoever went in to his wife would pitch a dome tent over her on the night he went in to her, so it was said of everyone who goes in to his wife. 'Amr ibn Ma'dikarib said: "Did the Yemeni lightning not shine for him... flashing as though it were the lamp of one who is manifest" — he means that it is his family, so his lamp is not extinguished.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 679–682

And the felt dome tent is sovereignty and honour.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 679–682

large tents (fustat)

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

And he said: as for the large tents (fasatit), whoever sees that he owns them or takes shade under something of them, that indicates a blessing bestowed upon him whose thanks he is unable to fulfil.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 679–682

And an unknown one among the pavilions, the large tents, and the domes, if it is green or white — of that which indicates piety — then it indicates martyrdom, or that he will attain something like it through worship; because the unknown among these things indicates the graves of the martyrs and the righteous when he sees them, or that he will visit Jerusalem.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 679–682

tent pole

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

And the fact that its pole was in Ibn Umar's hand is an indication of Islam, and its guy-ropes are the religion, knowledge, and the Law by which one is granted the ability to settle in Paradise wherever he wishes.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7388–7389

pavilion tent

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

As for the pavilion tent, they said: whoever sees that a pavilion tent has been pitched over him, then he will attain authority in proportion to it, or he will dispute with a king and prevail over him.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7389–7390

great tent

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

A rare anecdote: It is related that a man saw a great tent, and upon it was a poor man calling out in a Turkish expression whose meaning in Arabic is "a thousand shirts, O Tartar," addressing an emir by that. So he related his dream to an interpreter, who said: This emir will attain much good. So the dreamer informed that emir of what he had seen and of what had been interpreted for him, and before long he became sultan and sat upon the throne of kingship, and was titled al-Malik al-Zahir and given the kunya Abu al-Fath Tartar. The dreamer came to him and reminded him of that, so he ordered that a thousand shirts be distributed among the poor.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 265–266

tent (khiba')

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

In a dream it indicates hypocrisy and concealing oneself with foul deeds.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 107

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