Treasure 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

It is in a dream knowledge, so whoever sees that he has come upon a treasure, then he will attain knowledge if he is a seeker of knowledge.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 298

And if he is a merchant, then he will be provided with trade, brisk sales, and generosity.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 298

And if he is a man of authority, then he will attain governorship and justice.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 298

And likewise every craftsman in his craft. And treasures are works that a person attains in many lands.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 298

(And whoever sees) that he found a treasure containing a small amount of wealth, then it is a slight hardship that will befall him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 298

And if it contained much wealth, then it indicates worry and sorrow, and it may indicate many times over the death of the one who had the dream.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 298

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

(Treasure) indicates a woman's pregnancy, because gold means boys and silver means girls.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 554–557

And perhaps it indicates abundant wealth, or knowledge for the scholar, or provision for the merchant, or governance for those fit for it, in justice.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 554–557

It has been said that treasure indicates martyrdom, and treasures are deeds that a man attains in many lands.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 554–557

Some of them said: Whoever sees as though he found a treasure containing wealth, then it indicates hardship.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 554–557

(It is related) that a woman saw a daughter of hers who had died, and she said to her: "O my daughter, which of the deeds did you find best?" She said: "You must take walnuts and distribute them among the poor." She related her vision to Ibn Sirin, and he said: "Let this woman bring out the treasure she has and give it away as sadaqah." The woman said: "I ask Allah's forgiveness — indeed I have a treasure that I buried in the days of the plague."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 554–557

(A man saw) for three consecutive nights as though someone came to him and said to him: "Go to Basra, for you have a treasure there, so carry it off." He paid no attention to his vision until it was stated plainly to him on the third night, so he resolved to go to Basra and gathered his belongings. When he arrived there he began to roam about its districts for some ten days, but nothing appeared to him, and he despaired and blamed himself for the trouble he had undertaken. Then one day he entered a ruin and saw a dark room; he searched it and found in it a notebook. He brought it out and looked into it but understood nothing of it, for it had been written in Hebrew, and he found no one in Basra who could read it. So he took it to a young man in Baghdad, and when the young man looked into it he asked him to sell it to him, but he refused and said: "Translate it for me from the Hebrew, so that I may hand it over to you afterwards." So he translated it for him, and that book was on dream interpretation.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 554–557

Kinds and conditions of Treasure

buried treasure

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

Buried treasure is interpreted in several ways. Whoever sees that he has found a treasure, then he will fall ill, or be cauterized, or there will occur in his heart something that pains him like cauterization.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 254–255

Buried treasure is interpreted in several ways. Whoever sees that he dug in a place and found in it a treasure of gold, then it indicates the attainment of authority in proportion to it; and if he is a righteous man, Allah the Exalted will provide him with knowledge and wisdom; and if he is a craftsman, then he will amass wealth from his earnings.

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

money and treasure

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

SOme say, that to dreame of money, and all kinde of coyne is ill.

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

But I have tryed that little money of Brasse, and Bullion, signifieth heavinesse, and angry words.

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

pre-Islamic buried treasure

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

In a dream, whoever sees it, his vision is an indication of lawful provision and spoils of gain.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 115

And perhaps it indicates an inheritance.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 115

keys of the earth's treasures

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

And while I was asleep last night, the keys of the treasuries of the earth were brought to me until they were placed in my hand. Abu Hurayra said: So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) has gone, and you are the ones removing them.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7377–7378

keys of the treasures of the earth

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

"While I was sleeping, I was brought the keys of the treasures of the earth, and they were placed in my hand." Abu Abdullah said:

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7387–7388

treasures of the earth

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

Al-Khattabi said: What is meant by "the treasures of the earth" is what was opened up for the Ummah of spoils from the hoards of Khosrow and Caesar and others; and it may possibly mean the mines of the earth in which there is gold and silver. Someone else said: Rather, it is to be taken in a more general sense than that.

Fath al-Bari, commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Dream Interpretation, pp. 7410–7411

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