Tortoise 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 a woman who perfumes herself, adorns herself, and offers herself to men.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 173

And it is said the tortoise is the chief judge of judges, because it is the most knowledgeable of what is in the sea and the most scrupulous of it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 173

And it is said it is a learned man.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 173

So if he sees the tortoise honoured in a town or a village, then the people of knowledge in that place are held in esteem.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 173

And if he sees it in a rubbish heap, treated with contempt, then there is a scholar there going to waste among the ignorant of that place.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 173

And it is said it is a devout man who recites the scriptures of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and the books of all the other prophets (peace be upon them).

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 173

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

As for the tortoise, al-Kirmani said that it is interpreted as an ascetic, devout man versed in the ancient sciences.)

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 221

Whoever sees that he has obtained a tortoise, then he will gain the upper hand over a man of that sort.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 221

Whoever sees a tortoise in a place, or a road, or a rubbish heap, then there is a scholar there to whom one may be guided.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 221

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: the tortoise is interpreted as the judge, and it may be a woman who perfumes herself and offers herself to men.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 221

And it is said: seeing the flesh of a tortoise is interpreted as knowledge, especially for one who eats it.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 221

And it is said: seeing sea creatures in general is interpreted as men, according to their danger, their ranks, their enmity toward man, and their sting; so let the interpreter take that into consideration.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 221

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

As for the tortoise, it is a worshipper, an ascetic, learned in the ancient knowledge and firmly grounded in it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 780–783

So whoever sees that he has obtained a tortoise, or come to own one, or that it entered his house, then he will gain the company of a man of that sort in his knowledge and asceticism, or he will associate with him, or mix with him, and some bond will arise between him and that man in proportion to what he saw of that.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 780–783

And if he sees that he is eating of its flesh, then he will obtain some of that man's knowledge.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 780–783

And if he sees a tortoise on a road or on a rubbish heap, then that is knowledge gone to waste and unrecognised in the place where he saw it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 780–783

And if he sees a tortoise in a vessel, or in a covering, or in a state of honour, then knowledge there is prized, honoured, and its merit and importance are recognised, in proportion to the care and protection he saw given to it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 780–783

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