Writing in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin

39 passages from 4 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

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

In a dream it is a ruse, and the writer is a schemer.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 291–292

And if he sees that his handwriting is bad, then he will repent and abandon his tricks against people.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 291–292

(And whoever sees) that he is writing on a page, then he will inherit an inheritance.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 291–292

And if he sees that he is writing on a sheet of paper, then he is one who denies what is between him and people.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 291–292

And Ibn Sirin, may Allah the Exalted have mercy on him, said: (Whoever sees) that he is writing a document will obtain unlawful wealth, because of His saying, exalted be He: "So woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn."

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 291–292

(And whoever sees) a verse of the Quran written on his shirt, then he is a man who holds fast to the Quran.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, pp. 291–292

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

As for writing, it is interpreted in several ways. Whoever sees that he is writing script while he is illiterate, then it indicates the acquiring of provision from people by trickery and deceit.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 197

And if he is a scribe or a scholar and sees himself writing, then it indicates good and benefit and the attainment of abundant provision; and if he holds an office and position, then he will be dismissed from his position.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 197

And whoever sees that he is writing something contrary to the religious law, then it is not praiseworthy.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 197

Isma'il ibn al-Ash'ath said: Whoever sees that he is writing with one of the colours, its interpretation is that each colour goes back to its own root meaning.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 197

And whoever sees that he is writing with green ink: if he is righteous, then it indicates an increase in his religion and his worldly life; and if he is corrupt, then he will die.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 197

And whoever sees that his ink is of blood and he is writing with it, then it is interpreted as the writing of a legal document for usurious wealth.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, p. 197

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

And Ibn Sirin said: Whoever sees that he is writing his book, then he will earn unlawful earnings, on account of His saying, exalted is He: "So woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 666–670

And engraving/tattooing upon a man's hand is a stratagem followed by humiliation, and for women it is a stratagem for gain.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 666–670

And whoever sees as though a verse of the Quran is written upon his shirt, then he is a man holding fast to the Quran.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 666–670

And writing with the left hand is ugly and misguidance, and perhaps children will be born to him from fornication, or he will become a poet.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 666–670

And writing in its origin is a stratagem, and the writer is a schemer.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 666–670

And if he sees that he has bad handwriting, then he will repent and abandon stratagems against people and repent.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 666–670

Kinds and conditions of Writing

writing with the left hand

Artemidorus of Daldis, Oneirocritica (1644 English translation)

WRiting with the left hand, is to make some secret circumvention, to cunny-catch, deceive, or defame any one.

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

angel writing on the palm

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

A rare anecdote: It is related that al-Mustanjid saw in his sleep, during the lifetime of his father al-Muqtafi, as though an angel descended from the sky and wrote in his palm four letters "khā'." When he awoke, he summoned an interpreter and recounted to him what he had seen, and he said: You will assume the caliphate at the age of fifty-five, in the year five hundred and fifty-five, of which five months and five days will have passed.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 261–262

scroll/page (sheet of writing)

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

Whoever sees that a scroll was given to him as a gift and he found in it a folded piece of paper, then it is a slave-girl who has a defect in her.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 666–670

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