Walnut 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 hoarded wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 73

If a rattling sound is heard from it, then it is quarrelling and clamour.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 73

And the walnut tree is a foreign (non-Arab) man, stingy, ill-natured, difficult, possessed of dormant, well-guarded wealth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 73

(And whoever sees) that he is up in a walnut tree, then he will attach himself to a bulky foreign man of the description I have given.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 73

And if he descends from it, what is between him and the companion to whom he was attached will not be completed.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 73

And if he falls from it and dies, then a bulky man or a king will be killed in front of him.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 73

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

As for the walnut, it is wealth that is not obtained except with toil, and the kernel of the walnut is wealth obtained with ease.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 136–137

Whoever sees that in his hand are walnuts and he is rattling them about, then it indicates quarrelling; and if the walnut kernel is rotten, then it is unlawful wealth.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 136–137

Whoever sees that he has many walnuts, then it indicates quarrelling.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 136–137

Abu Sa'id al-Wa'iz said: Whoever sees that he gathered walnuts from an orchard, then he will obtain wealth by way of a woman.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 136–137

As for the walnut shell, there is disagreement about it: some of them said it is not praiseworthy, and some of them said otherwise; and it may be taken to signify a miserly man.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 136–137

Kinds and conditions of Walnut

walnut tree

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

As for the walnut tree, al-Kirmani said that it is interpreted as a foreign (non-Arab) man who is stingy, ill-natured, and difficult.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 129

As for the walnut tree, it is interpreted as a man of splendour, possessing a handsome countenance, upright in his speech, but of little knowledge and little earnings.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 131

walnuts

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

A rare anecdote: It is related that a woman came to Ibn Sirin and said: I saw a daughter of mine who had died, and I said to her: O my daughter, which deeds are best? She said: O my mother, take to walnuts and distribute them among the poor. Ibn Sirin said: If your dream is true, then you have buried a treasure in your keeping; so bring it out and give the poor their share of it. She said: You have spoken truly — I buried it during the days of the plague.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 263–264

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

And their statement concerning walnuts: that they are hoarded wealth. But if there is a rattling sound with them, then it is a quarrel.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 19–23

shells of walnuts and almonds

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

In a dream it is clothing for whoever sees it.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 287

And it is said that the shell is interpreted as the miscarriage of a pregnant woman, because the shell has released what was inside it, like a woman releasing her fetus.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 287

nuts (almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts)

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

Almonds, Walnuts, and Filberts, are trouble and anger.

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

cherries, walnuts and hazelnuts

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

be shall see, hold, or eate Cherries, Wallnuts, or Hazle Nuts,

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

qatayif stuffed with walnuts and sugar

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

It is in a dream wealth and pleasure along with joy, or an agreeable provision.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 288

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