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

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

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

In a dream it is a coarse man, difficult and hard to deal with.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 203

And it is said that thorns are a debt he binds himself with, or a trial (fitnah).

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 203

And whoever is pricked by a thorn, a trial befalls him, or some matter he dislikes pricks him in proportion to the thorn.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 203

(And whoever sees) that he is running over thorns, then he is putting off debts that are being demanded of him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 203

And thorns are ignorant men who have neither religion nor worldly good.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 203

And it is said that thorns indicate pains, and that is because of their sharpness.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 203

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

As for the growth of thorns, it is not praiseworthy on the whole, and perhaps seeing it is worry and grief.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 143

And whoever sees that he is grazing camels on thorns, then worry will reach him from some of his camels.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 143

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

As for thorns, they signify a bedouin man, ignorant and difficult; and it is said it is strife (fitnah) or a debt.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 637–641

And whoever sees as though he is running upon thorns, then he will procrastinate in paying off debts; and whoever is afflicted by something from the thorns

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 637–641

And every tree that has thorns is a difficult man, in proportion to its thorns.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 637–641

Kinds and conditions of Thorns

thorns and stings

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

STings and Thornes are griefs, impeachment, care, and heavinesse:

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

to many they have signified love, and also injuries by wicked persons,

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

tall thorn tree

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

As for the tall thorn tree, it is interpreted as a harmful man, a possessor of tricks and snatchings, for along the road of the Hijaz much of that is found, and harm comes from it to whoever is heedless of it and has not taken it into account.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 131

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