The concept of meditation is expressed in Arabic the word tafakkur, which is distinct from dhikr, better translated as "invocation" or "memory". One can say that the word dhikr is the memory of an earlier time, a way to emerge something that, fortunately, has not lost completely.
However the two terms are unified in the mystical practice of Islam, because it is thanks to dhikr Allah, the invocation of the name of God, that state is reached, proper meditation. Dhikr as a method of spiritual concentration was developed by Sufis.
This practice, which was built soon in Islam and already developed in the ninth and tenth centuries, provides for the repetition of one of the ninety-nine names of God or sacred formulas under the direction of a spiritual master. This teacher, called in Arabic sheikh or Murshid (guide), while in Iran and India have said pir, makes the method feasible for the participants in the rite.
Of the various types of Sheikh, the most similar to the Hindu Pandits and Sheikh at-ta'lim, who knows the doctrine.
The invocation of God's name reaches levels very obsessive and can be dangerous for anyone who is not guided properly and must be accompanied by the observance of a series of rituals. If practiced without true adherence to Islam, is so ineffective and dangerous.
However the two terms are unified in the mystical practice of Islam, because it is thanks to dhikr Allah, the invocation of the name of God, that state is reached, proper meditation. Dhikr as a method of spiritual concentration was developed by Sufis.
This practice, which was built soon in Islam and already developed in the ninth and tenth centuries, provides for the repetition of one of the ninety-nine names of God or sacred formulas under the direction of a spiritual master. This teacher, called in Arabic sheikh or Murshid (guide), while in Iran and India have said pir, makes the method feasible for the participants in the rite.
Of the various types of Sheikh, the most similar to the Hindu Pandits and Sheikh at-ta'lim, who knows the doctrine.
The invocation of God's name reaches levels very obsessive and can be dangerous for anyone who is not guided properly and must be accompanied by the observance of a series of rituals. If practiced without true adherence to Islam, is so ineffective and dangerous.
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