Dream Interpretation Sources

The great authorities who shaped the Islamic and psychological traditions of dream interpretation. Their methodologies, works, and key contributions.

🕌 Islamic Sources

Ibn Sirin

33 AH / 653 CE - 110 AH / 729 CE

The greatest dream interpreter in the Islamic world. From the generation of Tabiin, a student of Anas ibn Malik. Considered an unmatched authority in dream interpretation.

Imam Nablusi

1050 AH / 1641 CE - 1143 AH / 1731 CE

Great Ottoman-Syrian scholar of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Considered the most important authority in Islamic dream interpretation after Ibn Sirin.

Jafar al-Sadiq

83 AH / 702 CE - 148 AH / 765 CE

The great-grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through Husayn. A great scholar of the Ehl-i Beyt tradition. Known for his unique and deep insights into dream interpretation.

🧠 Psychological Sources

Carl Gustav Jung

1875 - 1961

Swiss psychiatrist, founder of analytical psychology. Deeply influenced modern dream psychology with his concepts of archetypes, the collective unconscious, and anima-animus.

Sigmund Freud

1856 - 1939

Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis. His 1900 work 'The Interpretation of Dreams' launched the scientific study of dreams.