DHIKR

Meaning of DHIKR in English

[ 'dɪkʌr ]

(also zikr 'zɪk(ə)r )

■ noun Islam a form of devotion, associated chiefly with Sufism, in which the worshipper is absorbed in the rhythmic repetition of the name of God or his attributes.

Origin

from Arab. ḏikr 'remembrance'.

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DHIKR — Mention of certain formulae like ìsubhan Allah, al-hamdu li-l-lah, etc.
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
DHIKR — Remembrance: The utterances during the third ruku and fourth of a prayer. Dhikr - which means literally `remembrance' or `mention' …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
DHIKR — ˈdikər noun ( plural dhikrs or dhikr ) Etymology: Arabic, mention, recitation, remembrance 1. : the ritual formula of a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DHIKR — /dik"euhr/ , n. , pl. dhikrs, dhikr . Islam. 1. a meeting of dervishes at which a phrase containing a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DHIKR — also spelled Zikr (Arabic: reminding oneself, or mention), ritual prayer or litany practiced by Muslim mystics (Sufis) for the purpose …
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DHIKR — Зикр
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ZIKR — Prescribed recitation while bowing and prostrating, recital Dhikr - which means literally `remembrance' or `mention' and which is frequently translated …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
PRAYER — Du'a' or `supplication' is closely connected to dhikr , such that it is often difficult to make a distinction between …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
DUA — Du'a ' or `supplication' is closely connected to dhikr , such that it is often difficult to make a distinction …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
ZIKR — ˈzikər variant of dhikr
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZIKR — /zik"euhr/ , n. Islam. dhikr.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ZIKR — ■ noun variant form of dhikr .
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MEDITATION — private devotion or mental exercise consisting in any of innumerable techniques of concentration, contemplation, and abstraction, regarded as conducive to …
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DERVISH — Arabic Darwish, any member of a Sufi (Muslim mystic) fraternity, or tariqa. Within the Sufi fraternities, which were first organized …
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SUHRAWARDIYAH — Muslim order of mystics (Sufis) noted for the severity of its spiritual discipline, founded in Baghdad by Abu Najib as-Suhrawardi …
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SUFISM — also spelled Sufiism mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and …
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RIFA'IYAH — fraternity of Muslim mystics (Sufis), known in the West as howling dervishes, found primarily in Egypt and Syria and in …
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NAQSHBANDIYAH — orthodox fraternity of Muslim mystics (Sufis) found in India, China, the Central Asian republics, and Malaysia. It claims a lineage …
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MAWLAWIYAH — Turkish Mevleviyah, fraternity of Sufis (Muslim mystics) founded in Konya (Qonya), Anatolia, by the Persian Sufi poet Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi …
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CHISHTIYAH — Muslim Sufi order in India and Pakistan, named for Chisht, the village in which the founder of the order, Abu …
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ЗИКР — Dhikr
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