Dhikr
A quiet bead counter, with its sources.
Dhikr, ‘remembrance’, is the repetition of God’s names and short formulas of praise. This app is a calm tasbih counter and study companion: the phrases with their meaning and sources, and the stations of the path as the early Sufi masters described them.
What you can do
A ring of beads
Tap the ring for each repetition. A gentle pulse marks each bead and a stronger one the end of a set.
The remembrances
The tasbih of Fatima (33 · 33 · 34), the testimony, seeking forgiveness, the Name, or a free count. Every phrase is shown in Arabic with transliteration and meaning.
Stations of the path
The seven stations and ten states as al-Sarraj listed them, with short reflections.
What is dhikr?
What the Qur’an, the hadith and the manuals of al-Qushayri, al-Ghazali and Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh say about remembrance, with Sufi orders and modern Sufism labelled separately.
From the running app
Screenshots coming soon
We only show screens captured from the running app, with demonstration data. Captures for Dhikr are being prepared; until then this artwork is illustrative and is not an app screen.
What comes from the record, and what is new
EVIDENCEFrom the historical record
- The Qur’an calls believers to remember God often (13:28, 33:41–42); the hadith teach particular phrases and counts.
- Classical manuals by al-Sarraj, al-Qushayri, al-Ghazali (Iḥyāʾ, Book 9) and Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh made remembrance central to the Sufi path.
MODERNMade for this app
- The counter, haptics and timers are features written for this app.
- The app is a companion, not a teacher, and makes no claims about effects.
Sources named in the app: Qur’an 13:28, 33:41–42, 2:152 · al-Sarraj, Kitāb al-Lumaʿ · al-Qushayri, Risāla · al-Ghazali, Iḥyāʾ · Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh, Miftāḥ al-falāḥ · Schimmel · Knysh
Dhikr is a contemporary contemplative experience for study and reflection. It does not promise contact, prediction, initiation, healing or any other outcome, and it is not medical or psychological advice.
Privacy and release
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