dhikr

In other traditions

Ordered by the earliest work in each tradition that attests the concept. Within a tradition, works run from earliest to latest by conventional composition date.

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• 632 CEQurʾān (nafs, rūḥ, qalb; sleep as death; Joseph’s dreams)same word and a translator’s rendering23 pages · 24 editions
  • Dhikr — the Reminder/the Quranof God and the fate of those who distort His message. ### FORTY-FIRST CHAPTER. 41. Indeed, those who disbelieved in theThe Quran (Al-Coranus), Unknown, p. 561 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • dhikr — reminder/remembrance. 3 The Mohammedans believe that it was an eidolon phantom/likeness and not Jesus himself who was crucified. 4 This wordThe Quran, Part 1, 1879, p. 179 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • dhikrhim who turns away from Our remembrance and desires nothing but the life of this world. Verses 28 to 29. Remembrance, orThe Ruzbihan Qur'an, 1410, p. 768 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 846 CECanonical ḥadīth: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (Kitāb al-Taʿbīr) and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslimsame word5 pages · 2 editions
  • Dhikr — remembrance of Allāh by glorifying, praising, and magnifying Himthought that the Taslīm of the Ṣalāt prayer was sufficient...................................... 463 (155) CHAPTER. TheSahih al-Bukhari (Complete), 1997, p. 43 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 920 CEal-Rāzī (Rhazes), al-Ṭibb al-rūḥānī (Spiritual Medicine)same word1 page · 1 edition
  • dhikrith a mention of how the soul remembers the "excellence of its pleasure." its pleasure upon it. And with the remembranceAl-ṭibb al-rūḥānī (Arabic MS 100), 18th century, p. 107 · original word kept by the translator
• 960 CEal-Niffarī, Mawāqif and Mukhāṭabātsame word and a translator’s rendering16 pages · 1 edition · hidden
  • dhikr — remembrance or invocatione weakest of them is the one to whom a name occurs, even if he denies it. The most helpless of them is the one to whom aالأعمال الصوفية, 960, p. 157 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 980 CESarraj, Kitab al-Lumasame word and a translator’s rendering22 pages · 1 edition
  • dhikr — remembrance/recollection of Godwho is in the state of uns intimacy . Three classes of ‘intimates’. The first class are intimate with the recollection (Kitab al-Luma (Book of Flashes), 1914, p. 87 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 980 CESarrāj, Kitāb al-Lumaʿsame word and a translator’s rendering22 pages · 1 edition
  • dhikr — remembrance/recollection of Godwho is in the state of uns intimacy . Three classes of ‘intimates’. The first class are intimate with the recollection (Kitab al-Luma (Book of Flashes), 1914, p. 87 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 988 CEal-Sarrāj, Kitāb al-Lumaʿsame word and a translator’s rendering22 pages · 1 edition
  • dhikr — remembrance/recollection of Godwho is in the state of uns intimacy . Three classes of ‘intimates’. The first class are intimate with the recollection (Kitab al-Luma (Book of Flashes), 1914, p. 87 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1045Qushayri, al-Risala al-Qushayriyyasame word and a translator’s rendering13 pages · 1 edition
  • dhikr — devotional invocationsee that as a great thing?'" Abu Muhammad Abdallah al-Kharraz said: "Hunger is the food of the ascetics, and remembranceAl-Risala al-Qushayriyya (Treatise on Sufism), 1287, p. 35 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1045al-Qushayrī, al-Risāla al-Qushayriyyasame word and a translator’s rendering13 pages · 1 edition
  • dhikr — devotional invocationsee that as a great thing?'" Abu Muhammad Abdallah al-Kharraz said: "Hunger is the food of the ascetics, and remembranceAl-Risala al-Qushayriyya (Treatise on Sufism), 1287, p. 35 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1046Qushayrī, Al-Risāla al-Qushayriyyasame word and a translator’s rendering13 pages · 1 edition
  • dhikr — devotional invocationsee that as a great thing?'" Abu Muhammad Abdallah al-Kharraz said: "Hunger is the food of the ascetics, and remembranceAl-Risala al-Qushayriyya (Treatise on Sufism), 1287, p. 35 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1097Ghazali, Ihya Ulum al-Dinsame word and a translator’s rendering37 pages · 4 editions
  • dhikr — remembrance of Godson of Mary, said: "O Spirit of God, is there anyone on earth today like you?" He replied: "Yes, whoever whose speech isIḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn (Revival of the Religious Sciences), 1888, p. 335 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • dhikr — remembrance of Godfour slaves." He said: Then he turned to Zayd al-Raqashi and Ziyad al-Numayri and said: "Your gatherings of remembranceThe Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya Ulum al-Din), 1937, p. 63 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • dhikr — remembrance/litanys. As for what we mentioned regarding the gentle approach of quieting the mind and returning to the understanding of theإحياء علوم الدين (Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn), 1402, p. 175 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1100al-Ghazālī, Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn (ʿAjāʾib al-qalb; Book 40 on dreams and the grave)same word and a translator’s rendering37 pages · 4 editions
  • dhikr — remembrance of Godson of Mary, said: "O Spirit of God, is there anyone on earth today like you?" He replied: "Yes, whoever whose speech isIḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn (Revival of the Religious Sciences), 1888, p. 335 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • dhikr — remembrance of Godfour slaves." He said: Then he turned to Zayd al-Raqashi and Ziyad al-Numayri and said: "Your gatherings of remembranceThe Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya Ulum al-Din), 1937, p. 63 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • dhikr — remembrance/litanys. As for what we mentioned regarding the gentle approach of quieting the mind and returning to the understanding of theإحياء علوم الدين (Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn), 1402, p. 175 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1100al-Ghazālī on dreams (Iḥyāʾ, Book 40; Munqidh)same word and a translator’s rendering13 pages · 4 editions
  • dhikr — remembrance of Godfour slaves." He said: Then he turned to Zayd al-Raqashi and Ziyad al-Numayri and said: "Your gatherings of remembranceThe Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya Ulum al-Din), 1937, p. 63 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1105al-Hariri, Maqamat al-Haririsame word1 page · 2 editions
  • ذكرas bound toward sins. The path of repentance original: "طريق التوبة" Seeking forgiveness original: "استغفار" Remembranceمقامات الحريري (Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī), 1846, p. 406 · original word kept by the translator
• 1106Ghazālī, Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīnsame word and a translator’s rendering31 pages · 3 editions
  • dhikr — remembrance of Godfour slaves." He said: Then he turned to Zayd al-Raqashi and Ziyad al-Numayri and said: "Your gatherings of remembranceThe Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya Ulum al-Din), 1937, p. 63 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • dhikr — remembrance/litanys. As for what we mentioned regarding the gentle approach of quieting the mind and returning to the understanding of theإحياء علوم الدين (Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn), 1402, p. 175 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1108al-Ghazālī, al-Munqidh min al-ḍalāl (Deliverance from Error)same word3 pages · 3 editions
  • dhikror divine aid or a flow of spiritual energy. By the prestige of the Night of God, the Infallible, and in the remembranceThree Theological Treatises, 1115, p. 2 · original word kept by the translator
• 1110al-Ghazālī, Minhāj al-ʿābidīnsame word3 pages · 1 edition
  • dhikrhould not turn away from him unless you are firm against his concern. The third is that you persevere in the remembranceMinhāj al-ʿAbidīn Or. 7024, [Place of manufacture no, p. 35 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1229Ibn ʿArabī, Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikamsame word4 pages · 3 editions
  • dhikr — remembrance/invocationomposed and named *The Idrisid Text*." It is a treatise concerning the reality of spiritual retreat and the etiquette ofشرح فصوص الحكم للشيخ الأكبر ابن عربي, 1280, p. 18 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1230Ibn ʿArabī on the imaginal world (ʿālam al-mithāl) and dream (Futūḥāt, Fuṣūṣ ch. on Joseph)same word and a translator’s rendering39 pages · 9 editions
  • dhikr — remembrance of Godo say when something displeasing occurred, "Praise be to God in every state." We know that this is a refined remembranceالفتوحات المكية (Meccan Revelations), 1231, p. 243 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • dhikr — remembrance/invocationomposed and named *The Idrisid Text*." It is a treatise concerning the reality of spiritual retreat and the etiquette ofشرح فصوص الحكم للشيخ الأكبر ابن عربي, 1280, p. 18 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • Dhikrgathers within his essence what is past and what is to come of the knowledge that is the very essence of the RemembranceDaily Prayers (Awrad Ibn Arabi), Unknown, p. 112 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1231Ibn ʿArabī, Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyyasame word and a translator’s rendering22 pages · 3 editions
  • dhikr — remembrance of Godo say when something displeasing occurred, "Praise be to God in every state." We know that this is a refined remembranceالفتوحات المكية (Meccan Revelations), 1231, p. 243 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • dhikrndividuals other than these ahl al-dhikr —meaning the men of the Qur’ân—as God said: “It is, indeed, We Who revealed theAl-Futuhat al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Revelations), 2023, p. 85 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1231Ibn ʿArabī, al-Futūḥāt al-makkiyya (imagination, ʿālam al-mithāl, dreams)same word and a translator’s rendering24 pages · 5 editions
  • dhikr — remembrance of Godo say when something displeasing occurred, "Praise be to God in every state." We know that this is a refined remembranceالفتوحات المكية (Meccan Revelations), 1231, p. 243 · flagged as a term by the translator
  • dhikrndividuals other than these ahl al-dhikr —meaning the men of the Qur’ân—as God said: “It is, indeed, We Who revealed theAl-Futuhat al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Revelations), 2023, p. 85 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1377Ibn Khaldūn, Muqaddima (prophecy, dreams, the soul’s perception)same word2 pages · 4 editions
  • dhikr — remembrance of Godowledge and tawhid divine unity may be attained. They add to their discipline of gathering and hunger the nourishment ofمقدمة ابن خلدون (Muqaddimah), 1858, p. 212 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1400al-Ījī / al-Jurjānī, al-Mawāqif with Sharḥ al-Mawāqif (kalām on perception and soul)same word1 page · 3 editions
  • dhikr — remindericulty, as previously explained. As for the traditional evidence, there are several points. First, the Quran is called aSharḥ al-Mawāqif, 1455, p. 465 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1885Reference studies of Islam (Goldziher, Hughes, Leclerc)same word and a translator’s rendering29 pages · 4 editions
  • ZikrThe exercises which are followed in these halls are of various kinds, a description of which is given in the account ofA Dictionary of Islam, 1885, p. 136 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1909Macdonald, The Religious Attitude and Life in Islamsame word and a translator’s rendering19 pages · 1 edition
  • dhikrdetail. But I do not need to provide it here, although there is an interesting passage describing how the remembrance (The Religious Attitude and Life in Islam, 1912, p. 265 · flagged as a term by the translator
• 1920Anthropology of jinn, possession and saints (Westermarck, Canaan, Zwemer)same word and a translator’s rendering4 pages · 4 editions
  • Zikrfically Christian ideas.” ⁹ The rosary in Islam is at present used for three distinct purposes. It is used in prayer andThe Influence of Animism on Islam, 1920, p. 52 · flagged as a term by the translator

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