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Zikr-e-Arra

ज़िक्र-ए-अर्रा
said ZIKR-e-AR-ra
also written: zikr-e-arrah
Meaning

The 'saw remembrance'; a forceful breath-driven zikr whose rasping sound resembles a saw, used to cut the ego.

Literally: the saw-remembrance

Related words
ARABIC

Zikr

Remembrance of God; the devotional repetition of His names or praises.

PERSIAN

Pas-anfas

The 'guarding of the breath'; the contemplative discipline of remembering God with each inhalation and exhalation.

ARABIC

Nafs

The lower self, ego, carnal soul governed by appetite.

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