Dhakara (ذَكَرَ)

ذَكَرَ

Dhakara

He remembered

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Grammar

Part of SpeechVerb (Fi‘l Māḍī)

Root (Arabic)ذ ك ر

Root Transliterationdh-k-r

Tajweed & Pronunciation

Phonetic SpellingDha-ka-ra

Common MistakeReplacing the interdental Dhāl (ذ) with a Zāy (ز) sound ('Zakara'), or making the Kāf (ك) too heavy.

Learning Notes

Micro Tafsir

In Quranic terminology, *Dhakara* means both mental remembrance and spoken mention. Allah links His remembrance directly to His response: *Fadhkurūnī adhkurkum* ('Remember Me, I will remember you'). The Quran itself is repeatedly called *Adh-Dhikr* (The Reminder).

Memory Hook

Associate *Dhakara* with *Dhikr* (remembrance of Allah) and *Zikir/Dhikrullah*.

Audio Pronunciation

Contextual Verse

Al-Baqarah (2:152)

فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ

So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.

Common Combinations

ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ

Dhakara Allāh

ذَكَرَ (He remembered/mentioned) + اللَّهَ (Allah)

He remembered Allah / He mentioned Allah

Freq: 12

وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allah? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.

اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ

Udhkurū ni‘mat Allāh

اذْكُرُوا (remember all of you) + نِعْمَتَ (favor/blessing) + اللَّهِ (of Allah)

Remember the favor of Allah upon you

Freq: 7

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنبِيَاءَ وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكًا وَآتَاكُم مَّا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًا مِّنَ الْعَالَمِينَ

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember the favor of Allah upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds.

Forms

ذَكَرَاذْكُرْفَاذْكُرُونِييَذْكُرُذِكْرالذَّاكِرِينَتَذْكِرَة

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