Arabic term, meaing "pronouncement", "invocation" or "remembrance", and can also be spelled zikr based on its pronunciation in Turkish and Persian. Dhikr is the remembrance of God commanded in the Qur'an for all Muslims. To engage in dhikr is to have awareness of God according to Islam. Dhikr as a devotional act includes the repetition of divine names, supplications and aphorisms from hadith literature, and sections of the Qur'an. More generally, any activity in which the Muslim maintains awareness of God is considered dhikr.