Editing Dhikr (section)

{{Short description|Remembrance of God in Islam}}
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[[File:Isma allah zat-new.png|thumb|right|The Arabic word for God (Allāh) depicted as being written on the rememberer's [[qalb|heart]]]]
'''{{Transliteration|ar|Dhikr}}''' ({{langx|ar|ذِكْر|}};{{efn|Also spelled '''''thikr''''', '''''zikr''''', '''''zekr''''',<ref name="Modarresi">{{cite book|author=Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi|author-link=Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi|title=The Laws of Islam|date=26 March 2016|publisher=Enlight Press|isbn=978-0994240989|url=http://almodarresi.com/en/books/pdf/TheLawsofIslam.pdf|access-date=22 December 2017|ref=Modarresi|language=en|archive-date=2 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802163247/http://almodarresi.com/en/books/pdf/TheLawsofIslam.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and '''''zikar'''''.<ref name="Dua and Adhkar">{{cite web|title=Evening Azkar|url=https://www.duaandazkar.com/chapter-2-evening-azkar|website=Dua and Adhkar|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mishkat al-Masabih 2264 - Supplications - كتاب الدعوات - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)|url=https://sunnah.com/mishkat:2264|access-date=2021-04-17|website=sunnah.com}}</ref>}} {{IPA|ar|ðikr}}; {{literal translation|remembrance, reminder,<ref name=":02">{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50280143|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Islam|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=John L. Esposito|isbn=0-19-512558-4|location=New York|oclc=50280143}}</ref> mention<ref name=":1">{{cite book|last=Jalal al-Din al-Rumi|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9196745|title=The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi|date=1983|publisher=State University of New York Press|others=William C. Chittick|isbn=0-87395-723-7|location=Albany|oclc=9196745}}</ref>}}) is a form of [[Islam|Islamic]] [[ibadah|worship]] in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly recited for the purpose of remembering [[God in Islam|God]].<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{cite journal|last=Morris|first=Julia|date=2014-03-01|title=Baay Fall Sufi Da'iras: Voicing Identity Through Acoustic Communities|url=https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00121|journal=African Arts|volume=47|issue=1|pages=42–53|doi=10.1162/AFAR_a_00121|s2cid=57563314|issn=0001-9933|url-access=subscription}}</ref>  It plays a central role in [[Sufism]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Le Gall|first1=Dina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yv-KrpzZYiYC&pg=PA117|title=A Culture of Sufism: Naqshbandis in the Ottoman World, 1450-1700|date=2005|publisher=SUNY Press|page=117|isbn=9780791462454|access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref> and each Sufi [[tariqa|order]] typically adopts a specific ''dhikr'', accompanied by specific posture, breathing, and movement.<ref name=":2">{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/399624|title=The encyclopaedia of Islam.|date=1960–2009|publisher=Brill|others=H. A. R. Gibb, P. J. Bearman|isbn=90-04-16121-X|edition=|location=Leiden|pages=223–224|oclc=399624}}</ref> In Sufism, ''dhikr'' refers to both the act of this remembrance as well as the prayers used in these acts of remembrance.<ref name=":02" /> ''Dhikr'' usually includes the [[names of God in Islam|names of God]] or [[dua|supplication]] from the [[Quran]] or [[hadith]]. It may be counted with either one's fingers or [[misbaha|prayer beads]],<ref name=":02" /> and may be performed alone or with a collective group.<ref name=":2" /> A person who recites ''dhikr'' is called a ''dhākir'' ({{lang|ar|ذَاكِر}}; {{IPA|ar|ðaːkɪr|}}; {{literal translation|rememberer}}).<ref name=":1"/>

The Quran frequently refers to itself and other [[Islamic holy books|scriptures]] and [[list of legends in the Quran|prophetic messages]] as "reminders" (''dhikrah'', ''tadhkīrah''), which is understood as a call to "remember" (''dhikr'') an [[fitra|innate knowledge of God]] humans already possess. The Quran uses the term ''dhikr'' to denote the reminder from God conveyed through the [[prophets and messengers in Islam|prophets and messengers]], as well as the human response to that reminder, signifying a reciprocal interaction between the divine and human. [[Muslims]] believe the prophets deliver God's message as a reminder to humans, who, in turn, should remember and acknowledge it.{{sfn|Chittick|2000|p=63}}