Weaver 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

Seeing him in a dream indicates the easing of affairs, and losses, and travel, and going back and forth.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 89

In a dream he is a man of many journeys and much toil in his work; he strives in seeking and urges on the work, like a warrior fighting with the sword mounted upon a beast with his foot in the stirrup.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355

And perhaps seeing him indicates the death of the sick person and his descent into his grave-pit.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 89

And perhaps he indicates the one who builds walls, or the knitter, or the ploughman.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355

And the loom may indicate what a person is in the midst of, whether illness, or worry, or travel, or a dispute, or a woman, or writing.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355

So whoever cuts off his weaving is done with his worry and his work, or his journey and whatever he is dealing with.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 355

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

The weaver is interpreted as a man who strives and travels, roaming about in the world.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 247

The weaver is interpreted in two ways: if he is one of its people (i.e., a weaver by trade), then it means the attainment of good and benefit; and if he is not, then it is the acquisition of something.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 249–250

Whoever sees a weaver weaving a weave, then it indicates a quarrel with someone else.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 247

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

As for the weaver, he is the one who couples exertion with his work, who strives in seeking it or urges himself on in his work, like the traveller and like one fighting with the sword atop a mount with his foot in the stirrup.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 318–322

The weaver may also indicate the builder atop a wall, who joins together the arches, being handed material from below him by whoever builds with him in the wall he has risen upon, and who levels it with a level and a string and strikes it with his axe. And it may indicate the weaver [of cloth], the compiler [of books], and the ploughman.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 318–322

The loom may indicate what a person is engaged in of illness, worry, travel, dispute, repair work, or writing.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 318–322

So whoever cuts off his weaving from the loom, his worry is finished, and the business of his journey and whatever he was treating is completed; otherwise there remains for him in proportion to what remains of its completion on the loom.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 318–322

And it is said: weaving is travel; and it is said: weaving is dispute.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 318–322

Kinds and conditions of Weaver

Markham (weaver of coloured mats)

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

He in a dream — seeing him indicates the weaver of red and white matting, or the weaver of silk, or the maker of carpets.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 340

And seeing him indicates might, elevation, familiarity, and affection.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 340

silk weaver

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

The silk weaver, of whatever kind he may be, is interpreted in two ways: a travelling merchant, or one who possesses uprightness in worldly affairs but corruption in his religion.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 250

palm-leaf weaver

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

And the palm-leaf weaver, the maker of strips (al-tara'iqi)

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 304–307

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