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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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Entertainment ranged from the ISNA-sanctioned show MC'ed by video blogger Baba Ali and featuring artists such as Kareem Salama and Dawud Wharnsby, to off-site (and non-endorsed) events such as the IMAN Community Café in southside Chicago with its "turntable dhikr" (remembrance of God) and hip-hop Muslim poetry, and the Muslim punk "Taqwapalooza" concert, held in a sweaty downtown residence complete with mosh pit.
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The Whirling Dervishes are a Muslim Sufi order who are known for their famous practice of performing their dhikr remembrance of Allah in the form of a whirling "dance" and musical ceremony called the sema.
The Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi Whirling Dervishes of Damascus William Harryman 2007
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He says that one night a person started doing dhikr and calling “Ya Allah” for a long time.
Archive 2007-11-01 mkhalfan@gmail.com 2007
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He says that one night a person started doing dhikr and calling “Ya Allah” for a long time.
THE SOUND OF LABBAYK!!! mkhalfan@gmail.com 2007
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They achieve this through dhikr, the remembrance of God, and asceticism, through being
NYT > Home Page By BINA SHAH 2011
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The most important of these practices is dhikr, or remembrance, which usually involves the repetition, silently or aloud, of God's 99 names.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Eric Weiner 2011
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After completing the ritual prayers, we recite dhikr.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kari Ansari 2011
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Traditionally, dhikr, akin to saying a rosary, is expressing praise and gratitude to God.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kari Ansari 2011
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The Chechen leader keeps a close watch and makes all decisions: reconstruction, the latest models of luxury cars, the dhikr a Sufi prayer ritual and what women wear.
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In our dhikr we will praise Allah سبحانه وتعالى and call him the great one but our words fall on a society which has no place for our deen.
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"What is this plan of yours, O carefree children born yesterday?—calm down, lest you share in the flames of hell, warns a slave to the dhikr, sanctimoniously reciting the names of Allah and turning in circles since the dawn of the century."
Talismano by Abdelwahab Meddeb, translated by Jane Kuntz, p 72 of the Dalkey Archive Press paperback
September 22, 2011