Wall 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

Whoever sees in a dream that he is standing on a wall or riding it, then the wall is his condition which supports him: if it is sturdy, then his condition is good; otherwise it is according to the measure of the wall and his footing upon it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 84

The wall is an unassailable man, a man of religion, wealth and standing, in proportion to the wall in its breadth, its soundness and its height.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 84

And the construction around it is his lineage.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 84

Whoever sees the walls of a building standing in need of repair and a group of people repairing it, then he is a learned man or a leader whose rule has passed away and who has companions who have sought to set his rule right; if they seek it, it will be set right. And if he is a merchant, he will grow strong in his trade.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 84

(And if he sees) that his wall has fallen, then a treasure will come to him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 84

(And whoever sees) that a wall or something else has fallen upon him, then he has committed many sins and his punishment has been hastened.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 84

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

Ibn Sirin said: the wall is interpreted as the condition of a man in this world.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 108

So whoever sees that he has lost a wall that was firmly set and strong, then it indicates the soundness of his condition in this world in proportion to the thickness of the wall.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 108

And whoever sees that he is demolishing a wall, and it was old, then it indicates the obtaining of water or of knowledge.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 108

And if it was new, then grief and misfortune will befall him in proportion to how much of the wall he demolished.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 108

And if the wall was thin and weak, then it indicates the weakness of his condition in this world and the decline of his affair.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 108

And whoever sees that he is standing upon the wall, then his affair will not be set straight.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 108

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

(The wall) is a man, and it may be the man's condition in his worldly life. If he sees that he is standing upon it — and if he falls from it, his condition changes for the worse.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 499–503

So whoever sees that he is standing upon a wall or riding it, then the wall is his condition which sustains him: if it is sturdy, his condition is good; otherwise, it is according to the measure of the wall and the extent of his firm hold upon it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 768–770

And if he sees that he pushed a wall and knocked it down, he has brought a man down from his rank and destroyed him.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 499–503

And if he were to fall from that wall, he would fall from that condition of his, or from a hope he was hoping for, or from a matter to which he was clinging and attached.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 768–770

And the wall is a strong, impregnable man possessing religion, wealth and standing, in proportion to the wall's breadth, soundness and height; and the buildings around it are his relations.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 499–503

And whoever sees the walls of a building standing but in need of repair, then it is a learned man or a leader whose reign has passed. And if he sees people repairing them, then he has companions who set his affairs right.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 499–503

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

A Marriner dreamt he saw a wall break, and the pieces and sides of his ship were broke:

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

Kinds and conditions of Wall

city wall

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

The city wall in a dream is fighting men, or a strong sultan, or a chief who guards what he has.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 186

And perhaps the wall indicates the devout worshipper of the town or its scholar.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 186

wall battlements (parapet crenellations)

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

The vision of battlements in a dream: battlements

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 200

And if the city wall indicates the governor and the ruler, then the battlements and the loopholes are his followers and his servants.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 200

hole (in ground or wall)

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

As for the hole in the ground or the wall, it is the mouth. So whoever sees a hole from which an animal came out, then it is a mouth from which speech comes out, corresponding to the rank of that animal and its interpretation.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 511–514

(It is related) that a man came to Ibn Sirin and said: I saw a narrow hole out of which a huge bull came. He said: The hole is the mouth; a momentous word comes out of it, and you will not be able to bring it back into it.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 511–514

smooth walls

Freud and Jung, a separate view

Smooth walls over which one is climbing, façades of houses upon which one is letting oneself down, frequently under great anxiety, correspond to the erect human body, and probably repeat in the dream reminiscences of the upward climbing of little children on their parents or foster parents.

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, Dream Psychology, ch. V Sex in Dreams

"Smooth" walls are men.

Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams / On Dreams / Dream Psychology, Dream Psychology, ch. V Sex in Dreams

walls and foundations

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

ALl sound and firm things, as walles, foundations, and old trées, and stuffe of yron, and the Loadstone: are significations of surety, to those that are in doubt and feare, provided that one be not locked in them.

Oneirocritica (1644 English translation), The Fourth Booke of Artimedorus.

decorative water wall/shadhirwan

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

Ibn Sirin said: shadhirwans (decorative water walls) are interpreted as religion. So whoever sees a fine shadhirwan but does not know whose it is, then it indicates elevation.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 123

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