CHAPTER II
Dhikr in Psychology Perspective
A. Definition of Dhikr
Dhikr is calling the name of Allah, routinized deed or called wirid , is one of mahd}ah worship, is direct worship of Allah by remembering of God. Dhikr is a need of Muslim’s soul, even Sufi or layman, could be done silently or by ear.
Dhikr is simply called “remember”.1 It means remembering of Allah in the heart accompanied by doing all obligations and avoiding His prohibitions. Remember is sometimes by heart or mouth; remember from forgetting and remembering, and saving in mind. Generally, terminology of dhikr in Islam is called “remembering of Allah” or “calling His name.”
In psychology perspective, dhikr means “one power that can accept, save, and reproduce definition or people’s conception.”2 As an intellectual function, memories of what people have learned is enable them to solve new problems that they face. It also helps people to obtain new information and accept reality. But here, dhikr means remembering of Allah.
Dhikr in meaning “remembering of Allah” is explained by Holy Quran in surah an-Nisa’ verse 103: