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

29 passages from 3 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

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

Ibn Sirin said: Whoever sees a thunderbolt fall, then a punishment from Allah will befall the people of that place in proportion to it, because of His saying, exalted be He: "And He may send upon it a calamity from the sky, so that it becomes a slippery bare ground." So it behooves them to repent of their sins to Allah, exalted be He.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 12

Al-Kirmani said: Whoever sees a thunderbolt descend from the sky or from the air like rain, then it is affliction, strife, and bloodshed arising from a war that occurs between kings.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 12

Jabir al-Maghribi said: Whoever sees a thunderbolt fall and burn him, he will perish from the punishment of a king, or he will fall ill, or a great calamity will befall him that destroys him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 12

And it is said that the thunderbolt is a threat from the king and an intimidation, because of His saying, exalted be He: "But if they turn away, then say: I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of 'Ad and Thamud."

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 12

(And whoever sees) that a thunderbolt struck a town and burned its ground, then that is a ruler who will descend upon that place, or corruption will occur in it, or war, or severe high prices, or diseases that spread among the people of that place.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 12

And if it falls without fire, then it is a king coming who thinks ill of the people, and they will be saved from his violence.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 12

Kinds and conditions of Thunderbolt

thunderbolt (lightning strike)

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

In a dream it is punishment when it befalls a place, and being struck down (al-sa'q) is death.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 217

The thunderbolt indicates illnesses and alarming rumours for whomever it burns.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 217

thunderbolts

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

(Thunderbolts) indicate the needs and calamities with which our Lord afflicts whom He wills and turns away from whom He wills, such as locusts, hail, winds, thunderbolts, sicknesses, pleurisy, smallpox, plague and fever — because of the people's terror at them, their trembling when they occur, and their turning pale at the feel of them, along with their ruining and destroying whatever they meet.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 467–470

And they may indicate a great outcry and a major command coming from the ruler, involving destruction, a fine, or ruin.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 467–470

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