word

Dhikr

Words · Rituals

Remembrance-speech of the divine Name in Islamic practice. Not mantra under another faith, and not amen as a closing word.

Also known as Zikr

Islam

  • Dhikr appears in Islam.

    The Qur’an repeatedly commands remembrance (dhikr) of God. A named Islamic remembrance-speech in that revelation, not mantra under another faith and not amen as a closing assent.

    from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • The Qur’an · M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation)

    M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an (Oxford).