dhikr (dhikr)

(Language: Arabic)

Alternate Spellings: zikr

Short Description: “remembrance” of God, based upon the repeated invocation of His Name

Long Description: “remembrance” of God, based upon the repeated invocation of His Name; central to Sufi practice, where the remembrance often consists of the single word Allāh.

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger