karāma/karāmāt (a saintly wonder/wonders); fahwāʾ-i shayṭāniyya (satanic implication); āyāt (signs); āyāt-i rakāʾib (signs of marvels); istidrāj (gradual enticement); karāmāt al-awliyāʾ, karāmāt al-awliyāʾ Allāh (wonders of the friends of God); karāma ḥissiyya (sensory wonder); karāma maʿnawiyya (spiritual wonder); karāma al-ṣiddīqīn (wonder of the truthful); karāma al-walī (wonder of the walī); maqām-i khāriq-i ʿāda (station of breaking the norm); manzila (station); ṣāḥib-i istidrāj (possessor of istidrāj); ṭilasmāt (talismans); umūr-i gharība (strange matters).
I heard from Abū Yazīd (al-Bisṭāmī) the following: A wealthy man came to me and asked: 'O Abū Yazīd! By what means did you attain this rank?' I replied to the man: 'Rank aside, the Real (God) bestowed upon me eight karāma (wonders), and then called me, "O Abū Yazīd!" These ranks are as follows: The first is that I saw myself as behind and others as ahead of me. The second is that, out of compassion, I was willing to be thrown into the fire in place of the people. The third is that my aim became to bring happiness to the qalb (heart) of the muʾmin (believer). The fourth is that I never saved anything for tomorrow. The fifth is that I have always asked for Allah's mercy for people more than for myself. The sixth is that I expended my effort to bring happiness to the qalb of the muʾmin and to erase their sorrow. The seventh is that, out of compassion, I was the first to greet the muʾmin I encountered. The eighth is that I said to myself: If Allah were to forgive me on the Day of Qiyāma (Resurrection) and grant me permission to intercede, I would first intercede for the one who caused me harm and hardship, and then for the one who did good and bestowed favors upon me.'
Abū Yazīd (may Allah have mercy on him) also said: 'If you see a man to whom a karāma (wonder) has been given such that he sits cross-legged in the air, do not be deceived by him until you see how he observes the commands and prohibitions, the boundaries, and his adherence to the sharia (the sacred law).'
Āyāt (signs) are for Allah; muʿjizāt (miracles) are for the prophets.