Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A religious ceremony, or act of devotion, of various orders of dervishes.
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- noun an
Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise isrepeated continually
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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His videos and sermons preach love, the remembrance of God (or "zikr") and reconciliation.
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To supplement my prayers, I have integrated various zikr, or remembrance and mentioning of God, into my days.
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To supplement my prayers, I have integrated various zikr, or remembrance and mentioning of God, into my days.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I do really well at ecumenical gatherings, enthusiastically taking part in a Buddhist chant, a Sufi zikr, a Lakota prayer.
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This is the zikr, the trancelike ritual characteristic of the Sufis.
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