dhakir (dhākir ; ذاکر)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: “The one who invokes” or “remembers”; in Sufism, dhākir usually means the human devotee who practices invocation as a spiritual method; it can also mean the supreme Self as the sole agent of consciousness; see dhikr, Madhkūr

Long Description: “the one who invokes” or “remembers”; in Sufism, dhākir usually means the human devotee who practices invocation as a spiritual method; it can also mean the supreme Self as the sole agent of consciousness; see dhikr, Madhkūr.

Sources: Light on the Ancient Worlds: New Translation with Selected Letters by Frithjof Schuon