Trousers 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 non-Arab woman, so whoever comes to possess new trousers will marry a non-Arab virgin woman.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 180

It is said that new trousers are chastity and joy for the one who wears them.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 180

(And whoever sees) his trousers untied, then his wife is not modest before men.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 180

It is said that whoever's trousers come untied, then his wife will not show herself to men.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 180

(And whoever sees) wetness on his trousers, then his wife is pregnant.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 180

And whoever defecates in his trousers will be angry with his wife, and he will pay her her dowry in full and hand over to her wealth he had taken from her.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 180

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

As for the garment which is trousers, its meaning in interpretation is one: either a woman or a slave girl. So whoever sees that he has obtained trousers, then he will obtain either a slave girl or a woman; and their being stripped from him is separation from her, either by death or in life. And if he has neither a slave girl nor a wife, then it comes back upon him in the loss of something belonging to him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 155–156

And whoever sees that his trousers are torn or snatched away, then it indicates the nearness of his appointed end and the expiry of his lifespan.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 155–156

And Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: trousers are a lowly woman or a foreign slave girl. So whoever sees that he has come upon trousers that have no owner, then he will marry a woman who has no guardian.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 155–156

And the new among them indicates a virgin, and taking them off is a disobedience he has committed and his going out from the people of righteousness and religion into corruption; and wearing them, if the matter comes to something of that sort, indicates righteousness, and taking them off for the sake of a lawful act in which there is no harm.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 155–156

And whoever sees that he has no clothing except trousers alone, then it indicates poverty; and wearing them inside out is the committing of an indecency by one of his household; and urinating in them is an indication of his wife's pregnancy; and defecating in them is an indication of his anger at his wife.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 155–156

And if he sees that his trousers came undone without being touched, then it is interpreted as the appearance of a woman or a slave girl before men and her abandoning concealment and veiling herself from them. And the vision of trousers, if they are hung up, may indicate a journey to a foreign people, because they are among their garments. And a woman's wearing a man's trousers is interpreted as marriage if she is unmarried, and it may be something else if she has a husband.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 155–156

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

Trousers are a religious woman or a foreign (non-Arab) slave girl. If one sees as though he bought trousers from someone other than their owner, he will marry a woman without a guardian.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 251–253

New trousers are a virgin woman, and putting on trousers is an indication of being preserved from sins. And it is said that trousers indicate the good state of his wife and his household.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 251–253

Wearing trousers without a shirt is poverty, and wearing them inside out is the committing of an indecency by a member of his household.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 251–253

His urinating in them is an indication of his wife's pregnancy.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 251–253

The loosening of his trousers is his wife's appearing before men, her abandoning concealment, and her unveiling before them.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 251–253

And it is said that trousers indicate a journey to a non-Arab people, because they are their clothing. And it is said that trousers are the good state of the people of his house and the renewal of their joy.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 251–253

Kinds and conditions of Trousers

trousers (shalwar)

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

As for trousers (shalwar), Ibn Sirin said that they are interpreted as a foreign slave girl or a lowly woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 156–157

And whoever sees that he has found new trousers, then it indicates a new servant.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 157–158

waistband cord (trouser drawstring)

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

In a dream it is a woman, and for a woman it is a brother, an in-law, and a paternal uncle; and for a pregnant woman the waistband cord is a daughter.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 49

(Whoever sees) a cord in his trousers, then his wife becomes forbidden to him, and she will bear him a son if she is pregnant.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 49

trouser drawstring

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

Likewise the drawstring in the trousers: if it is new and strong, then the cause of that to which the trousers are attributed in interpretation is firm and secure.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 798–800

And if the drawstring is worn out and broken, then the cause is weak and feeble.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 798–800

trousers (sirwal)

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

In a dream it is an authority that he will attain.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 201

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