Computerized Interpretation of the Content of Visions and Dreams in Ta’teer Alana’am fi Ta’beer Al-Ro’yah wal Mana’am "Perfuming the Senses in the Interpretation of Visions and Dreams"
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الرؤى والمنامات, تعبير الرؤيا, الذكاء المحوسب, التحليل اللساني, الرموز المنامية Visions and Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistic Analysis, Dream Symbols
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This study explores the application of artificial intelligence and natural language processing to analyze Ta’teer Alana’am fi Ta’beer Al-Ro’yah wal Mana’am by Imam Abdul Ghani Al-Nabulsi, aiming to reinterpret classical Islamic dream interpretation texts through a computational lens. By converting the unstructured manuscript into structured digital data, the research uncovers underlying cognitive and semantic patterns using both surface-level and deep linguistic analysis, identifying over 164,000 linguistic units, 328 personal names, and 87 locations. The findings highlight Al-Nabulsi’s interpretive framework, which is structured around six key dimensions, including linguistic and symbolic contexts, dream classification, and temporal-spatial relevance. A comparative study with Ibn Sirin’s work reveals Al-Nabulsi’s methodological evolution through broader classifications and integration of diverse sources. Ultimately, the research demonstrates the feasibility of building an AI-driven system for dream interpretation rooted in Islamic tradition, bridging classical scholarship with modern computational tools to lay the foundation for a digital science of dream analysis.
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