What does Makhayat mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Makhayat (مخيلات) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Makhayat

Makhayat according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

Propositions imagined, by which the soul is affected of contraction or expansion, recoiling or desiring, as when said: wine a flowing ruby, the soul expands desiring to drink; and when said: honey bitter and loathsome, the soul contracts recoiling. The syllogism composed of them is called poetry.

Makhayat according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

Propositions that, brought to the soul, affect it wondrously of contraction or expansion, as their word: wine a flowing ruby, honey bitter and loathsome. The syllogism composed of them is called poetic. The aim is the soul’s being moved by inciting or repelling or other, and its spread by meter and sound.

Makhayat according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Propositions that, arriving at the soul, affect it wondrously of contraction or expansion.

Makhayat according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Propositions imagined, the soul affected of contraction or expansion: wine said a flowing ruby, the soul expanding desiring drink; honey said bitter and loathsome, the soul recoiling.

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