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ذِكْر
remembrance /ˈðikr/
nounB2#3708 most common
Also: mention, recollection, invocation (of God)
Example sentences
أَقولُ الذِّكْرَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
I recite the remembrance every day.
تُحِبُّ جَدَّتي ذِكْرَ اللهِ.
My grandmother loves the remembrance of God.
يُساعِدُ الذِّكْرُ النّاسَ على الشُّعورِ بِالسَّكينةِ.
Remembrance helps people feel calm.
تُرَدِّدُ المُتَصَوِّفَةُ أذكارًا خاصَّةً بَعدَ الصَّلاةِ.
Sufis repeat special litanies of remembrance after prayer.
وَرَدَ ذِكْرُ هذا الحَدَثِ في العَديدِ مِنَ المَصادِرِ التّاريخيَّةِ.
Mention of this event appears in many historical sources.
يَتَجَلَّى مفهومُ الذِّكْرِ في الفِكرِ الصّوفيِّ بوصفِهِ وسيلةً للتَّقَرُّبِ إلى الله.
The concept of dhikr takes shape in Sufi thought as a means of drawing near to God.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ذِكْرٌ | أذكارٌ |
| Genitive | ذِكْرٍ | أذكارٍ |
| Accusative | ذِكْراً | أذكاراً |
| Vocative | يا ذِكْرُ | يا أذكارُ |
Word family
ذَكَرَto remember, to mention
يَذْكُرُhe remembers, he mentions (present)
تَذَكَّرَto recall, to call to mind
ذاكِرةmemory (the faculty)
ذِكْرىmemory, anniversary
Etymology
Dhikr comes from the Semitic root dh-k-r, which carries the core sense of remembering or mentioning. The same root gives Arabic its ordinary verb for remembering and its word for the masculine gender, since to mark or name something is tied to bringing it to mind. In Islamic practice the noun took on a specialized sense: the repeated recitation of God's names or set phrases as an act of devotion.
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