zikr
Americannoun
plural
zikrs, zikrExample Sentences
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The attack came as worshipers at the Sunni mosque gathered for zikr — an act of religious remembrance seen as heretical by some hard-line Sunni groups.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022
And during Ramadan they have larger gatherings for people to break fast in the evening and several nights of zikr and prayers.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2016
Sufis call this practice zikr and see it as a way of connecting with God and elevating themselves through communal meditation.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2016
Like the Shadhili group on the Upper West Side, Jerrahi members participate in long zikr services; theirs last until the wee hours.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2016
The contrast presented by the vehement and distressing exertions of the performers at the close of the zikr, and their calm gravity and solemnity of manner at the commencement, was particularly striking.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
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