Khayāl is not merely fiction or error. It has technical uses in describing image-forms, perception, and mediation between intelligible meaning and sensible appearance.
Distinctions and context
The dictionary discusses connected and disconnected imagination alongside psychological and cosmic senses. Such classifications guide inquiry, but the passage itself must decide which register is operative.
Research question
Is the image a subjective act of perception or a claim about an intermediate realm?
Source trail and evidence status
- Secondary dictionary entryالمعجم الصوفي — مدخل 244 ↗
- Discovery catalogue, not a verified witnessمفاهيم ومصطلحات الفتوحات — فهرس سياقي ↗
- Discovery catalogue, not a verified witnessفهرس المخطوطات — بحث مستقل عن الشاهد ↗