Imaginary Miracles in Sufism

The word "fancy" was one of the most frequently used expressions of the theologians before the 8th century and was not among the common expressions in the texts of Sufism in this period. Ebn-e-Arabi was the first to borrow the term from Ebn-e-Sina and Sohrevardi in order to describe his specific thoughts on the universe and the human relation with God. He uses the term to refer to whatever beyond God and the phenomena which do not have more than imaginary existence. He also uses the term for the Limbo world which is the intermediary between the World of Nature and the Heavenly World. Prior to him, however, the word "fancy" was used exclusively in the texts of Sufism and was realized through fantasizing like dream trips, legendary events, heavenly creature's observations, mental mastery over future and distant happenings, and callings of the spirits and individuals all of which make the source of a lot of Sofistic narratives and miracles.