page_title: Dhikr
section_title: Tasbih of Fatimah
hierarchical_section_title: Dhikr / Hadiths mentioning virtues / Tasbih of Fatimah
caption_attribution_description: English: Qur'an and Tasbih of Fatima
context_page_description: Dhikr, literally means "remembrance, reminder" or "mention, utterance". They are Islamic devotional acts, in which phrases or prayers are repeated. It can be counted on a set of prayer beads or through the fingers of the hand. It plays a central role in Sufi Islam. A person who recites the Dhikr is called a ḏākir.
  Tasbih, literally meaning "glorification" is a form of dhikr that involves the repetitive utterances of short sentences glorifying God.
  The content of the prayers includes the names of God, or a dua taken from the hadiths or the Quran.
context_section_description: The Islamic Prophet Muhammad is reported to have thought his daughter Fatimah bint Rasul Allah a special manner of Dhikr which is known as the "Tasbih of Fatimah". This consists of:
  33 repetitions of subḥāna -llahⁱ (سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّٰهِ‎), meaning "Glorified is God". This saying is known as Tasbih (تَسْبِيح‎).
  33 repetitions of al-ḥamdu lillāhⁱ (ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ‎), meaning "All Praise belongs to God". This saying is known as Tahmid (تَحْمِيد‎).
  34 repetitions of ʾallāhu ʾakbarᵘ (ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ), meaning "God is Greater [than everything]". This saying is known as Takbir (تَكْبِير‎).
caption: Qur'an and Tasbih of Fatimah
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "900", "Image ImageLength": "600", "Image BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows", "Image DateTime": "2015:10:23 13:27:31", "Image ExifOffset": "228", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "378", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6513", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "900", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "600"}