Discover the meaning of the term Al-tʿbyr (تعبير) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 1 min readA verbal noun: 'abbara, yu'abbiru (with the intensification of the ba'): excess in explanation and clarification; one says 'a'bartu the dream, and abbartu the dream.' Abu al-Baqa' said: at-ta'bir is specific to interpreting dreams, and it is the crossing from their outward appearances to their hidden realities. He said: it is more specific than ta'wil, for ta'wil is said of it and of other things. (Al-Misbah al-Munir, root 'abr, p. 148; al-Kulliyyat, p. 312.)
Specific to the interpretation of the dream; it is the crossing from its outward appearances to its hidden realities; it is more specific than ta'wil, for ta'wil is said of it and of other things.