zikr

Sufis often perform their rituals, known as zikr or "remembrance of God," on Thursday nights, in preparation for the Friday collective prayer, and the sacred complex was packed.

The Weekly Standard Blog

His videos and sermons preach love, the remembrance of God (or "zikr") and reconciliation.

The Lede

To supplement my prayers, I have integrated various zikr, or remembrance and mentioning of God, into my days.

Daliah Merzaban: Becoming Spiritually Punctual

Throughout the zikr I could not shake off the feeling of being part of a project that would present Sufi Islam as a credible alternative to the mindless violence of the Sunni/Wahabis who had killed three thousand people at what was by now already called Ground Zero.

Parvez Sharma: America's Imam and His Problematic Mosque: A Muslim Viewpoint

But a year after September 11, as I snuck into a Thursday afternoon zikr at the Masjid al-Farah twelve blocks from the still smoldering Ground Zero, I was not so sure.

Parvez Sharma: America's Imam and His Problematic Mosque: A Muslim Viewpoint

It was Ramadan and the tradition of breaking of the fast, the iftar was going to happen after the zikr, or Sufi chanting.

Parvez Sharma: America's Imam and His Problematic Mosque: A Muslim Viewpoint

On Sunday afternoon, before they scattered to the four winds, the spiritual leaders held hands in three concentric circles for a Sufi zikr -- a prayer ritual.

Cathleen Falsani: Grace: Setting a Bold Agenda for the New President

I do really well at ecumenical gatherings, enthusiastically taking part in a Buddhist chant, a Sufi zikr, a Lakota prayer.

Not That It Matters

This is the zikr, the trancelike ritual characteristic of the Sufis.

The Real Sufism

Like the image of Jews enthusiastically attending a Sufi zikr, even though they are not only not Muslim, but there are no Muslims anywhere in sight.

2004 August - Danya Ruttenberg