Interpretation of Dreams

This book is the name of a book, on interpretation of dreams according to the Islamic sources, Hadiths and the Quranic verses, written by Allameh Majlisi, in Persian.

The author
Allameh Muhammad Baqer Majlisi was an authoritative jurist, a most prolific collector of traditions (Hadiths), and an unprecedentedly influential author of the Twelver Shia (1627 – 1698). Under the Safavid Shah Hossein I, he was practically the actual ruler of Iran. His father Muhammad ####Taqi Majlisi was a famous scholar as well. Allameh Majlisi studied under his father and other great masters: Mullah Muhammad Saleh Mazandarani, Mirza Rafu’ al-Din Tabatabaee, Mullah Hossein Ali Shushtari, Sheikh Abdullah Aameli, Mullah Mohsen Feyz Kashani and Seyyed Mirza Jazayeri.

Structure of the book:
The book has 61 chapters, which some of them are mentioned as following:
1- On season and year
2- How the dreams should be interpreted?
3- The angels in dreams
4- The sky, moon, sun and stars in dreams
5- Rain and sea in dreams
6- Desert and gardens in dreams
7- Pregnancy in dreams
8- Trees in dreams
9- Light and darkness in dreams
10- Earrings and ring in dreams
11- Colorful clothes in dreams
12- Marriage and kissing in dream
13- Diseases in dream
14- Butcher and slaughtering sheep in dream
15- Elephant in dream
16- Crow, pig and bear in dream
17- Having a dream of different sorts of breads
18- Having a dream of reading the Quran, prayer and worshipping
19- Having a dream of Satan
20- Having a dream of kings
21- Having a dream of locust, fly and ant
22- Having a dream of lunar eclipse, solar eclipse and earthquake
23- Having a dream of church and priest, etc

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