- Dhakir
Dhakir , ذاکر (Zakir in
Urdu , Jakir in Bengali, Zakir inMalay and Zekir in Persian ) (Arabic "One who remembersAllah ] frequently) is anIslam ic term used for those people who spent most of their time in remembrance ofGod . The remembrance includes the repetition of the names of Allah, supplications and aphorisms fromhadith literature, and sections of theQur'an .Origin
The term "Dhakir" frequently used in the
Quraan , stressing all faithful to rememberAllah all the time, after the saying their prays. TheQuraan says:"They are the most wise who remember Allah, standing sitting and lying down" [Quran (Surah 4: Verse 190)]Dhakir in Sufism
In
Islam icSufism Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani , who considered of holding most distinguished stature in Sufism says:
"My disciple is one who isDhakir and I considerDhakir only them, who are able to remember Allah with their heatbeats means who areDhakir-e-Qulbi .", [Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din byAbdul-Qadir Gilani ]Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi another famoussufi who is renowned for blessing people with Dhikr-e-Qulb says:"Those who become Zakir-e-Qulbi (one whose heart commemorates the name of God), they automatically become the disciple ormureed ofAbdul-Qadir Gilani " [ [http://goharshahi.net/images/books_files/menar-e-noor_files/Murshid-e-Kamil.htm :Menar-e-Noor (Murshid-e-Kamil) : ] ] .The follower of
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi and members ofInternational Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam are also called Zakir or Dhakir.ource
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