ذِكْرٌ mention in Arabic
ذِكْرٌ is how you say “mention” in Arabic.
Root ذ ك ر ḏ-k-r. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of the verb ḏakara, form I). ḏikr.
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Meaning of mention in Arabic
- mention; the act of speaking of, telling, or relating something Corresponds to ḏakarahū bi-lisānihī, "he mentioned it with his tongue" — saying, telling, or relating something, whether in praise or in blame.
- remembrance; the act of remembering, keeping something in mind Corresponds to ḏakarahū bi-qalbihī, "he remembered it with his heart" — preserving something in memory or calling it to mind.
Example sentence
وخمول الذّكر وإضاعة الْوَقْت ونفرة الْخلق
Fading of reputation, waste of time, and people's aversion.
الذِّكْرِ of mention
al- = 'the'; an 'of…' phrase: literally 'of mention, of being remembered', i.e. one's renown.
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How it is used
Ḏikr is the verbal noun of ḏakara and covers two things kept apart in Lane's account: remembering something inwardly (ḏakarahū bi-qalbihī) and mentioning it aloud (ḏakarahū bi-lisānihī). The underlying verb is also used tropically for glorifying or praising God — the root behind the devotional sense of "dhikr" as remembrance or mention of God.
Words from the same root
- ذَكَرَ to remember, keep in memory; also to mention, tell, or relate (form I verb)
- تَذَكَّرَ to remember, recollect, call to mind (form V)
- اِدَّكَرَ to remember, recollect — a sound-shifted variant of taḏakkara (form VIII)
- إِسْتَذْكَرَ to study something so as to memorize it; to seek to remember (form X)
- ذِكْرَى remembrance, memory — a feminine verbal-noun form of ḏakara
- ذُكْرٌ remembrance — an alternate verbal-noun form, sometimes distinguished from ḏikr
- تَذْكَارٌ a remembrance, a keepsake or memento — another verbal-noun form of ḏakara
More example sentences
تتولّد من الْمعْصِيَة والغفلة عَن ذكر الله
They arise from sin and neglect of the remembrance of Allah.
ذِكْرِ the remembrance
dhikr means 'remembrance, mention', heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word: 'remembrance of…'.
غذِّ قلبك بذكرٍ يسير موزّع على اليوم، لا دفعةً تُتعب ثم تنقطع
Nourish your heart with a gentle remembrance spread throughout the day, not a burst that tires and then ceases.
بِذِكْرٍ with remembrance
'bi-' = 'with'; 'dhikr' = 'remembrance, mention'. No 'al-', so 'with a remembrance'.
ذِكْرُ فَضِيلَةِ الْعَقْلِ مِنْ جِهَةِ الاسْتِنْبَاطِ
The mention of the virtue of reason from the perspective of inference.
ذِكْرُ mention
First half of an 'of' phrase: 'the mention of...'; subject (nominative).
إن لله تعالى ملائكة يطوفون في الطرق يلتمسون أهل الذكر،
Indeed, Allah, the Exalted, has angels who wander the roads seeking the people of remembrance.
الذِّكْرِ remembrance
This completes 'the folk of remembrance', in the genitive as owner — the gatherings devoted to remembering God. The owner-noun closes the possessive.
وليكثر من ذكر الله، ومن تلاوة القرآن، ومن مجالسة الصالحين
Let him frequently remember God, recite the Qur'an, and seek the company of the righteous.
ذِكْرِ remembrance
An action-noun naming the act of remembering as a thing. It follows the preposition so it carries the genitive ending, and it heads an 'of' pairing with the next word, joining two nouns directly with no separate 'of'.
فإن القلب كالمرآة، والشهوات كالصدأ، وذكر الله كالماء الذي يجلوه
For the heart is like a mirror, and desires are like rust; remembrance of God is like water that purifies it.
وَذِكْرُ and remembrance of
The connector 'and' joined to an action-noun, opening the third image. This action-noun heads an 'of' pairing with the divine name next, so 'remembrance of God' is formed by placing the two nouns directly together.
فكلما أكثر العبد من الذكر، صفا قلبه، واتضح له الحق
The more a servant remembers, the purer his heart becomes and the clearer the truth appears to him.
الذِّكْرِ remembrance
An action-noun naming remembrance as a practice, in the genitive because the preposition governs it. Its 'the' makes it the specific remembrance under discussion, the act of recalling God.
لمّا نظرتَ في كتاب حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم الأصبهاني أعجبك ذكر الصالحين والأخيار،
When you looked into the book 'Adornment of the Saints' by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani, you were impressed by the mention of the righteous and the virtuous.
ذِكْرُ by the mention
A verbal noun, 'mentioning', the real subject doing the impressing, and it heads a possessive pairing with 'the righteous' that follows. As the leading noun of that pairing it takes no 'the' of its own.
ذِكْرُ الصِّدْقِ وَالإِخْلَاصِ
The mention of truthfulness and sincerity.
ذِكْرُ the mention of
A verbal noun 'the mention' that heads a possessive pairing with the noun after it, 'the mention of...'. It is in the subject case as the topic and leans on the following word to say of what.
وَلَيْسَ فِيهَا ذِكْرٌ لِإِبْلِيسِ،
And there is no mention of Iblis in it.
ذِكْرٌ mention
The noun whose presence the negative 'to be' verb denies: 'no mention'. It carries the indefinite -un ending (audible tanween), marking it as 'any mention', and stands as the delayed subject of 'there is not'.
ذِكْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
It was narrated from Abu Sa'id that he said concerning the words of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
ذِكْرٌ a narration
A noun ('a mention / report') used to open a narration, standing as an indefinite headline for what follows. With no verb of its own it works as a heading: 'a report (that...)', the indefinite ending presenting it as a fresh, unspecified account.
ذِكْرٌ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَهْلِ التُسْتَرِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ
It is reported that Abdullah ibn Sahl al-Tustari, may God have mercy on him, said:
ذِكْرٌ It is reported that
A noun ('a report / mention') used impersonally as a narration-heading. Standing without a verb, it works as a headline 'it is reported (that...)', the indefinite ending presenting the account as freshly introduced.
وكذلك التشهد الأول، يجب مع الذكر عند مالك وأحمد،
Similarly, the first Tashahhud is obligatory with remembrance according to Malik and Ahmad.
الذِّكْرِ remembrance
A definite noun with 'the', governed by the preceding 'with' and so in the genitive. Its 'the' marks it as the specific recitation meant, and it names what the testimony must be accompanied by.
Common questions
- How do you say "mention" in Arabic?
- ذِكْر (ḏikr) — the verbal noun of ḏakara, "to mention" or "to remember".
- What does the word ḏikr mean?
- Ḏikr covers both remembering something inwardly and speaking of it aloud; it is the noun behind the verb ḏakara, and in religious usage refers to remembrance or mention of God.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).