Dhikr applications and situations in sufism (Mystic traditional)

The word dhikr, chant Allah, keeping in mind all the time, in the Sufi tradition, in general, it is stated that to be told some prayers and confessions expressed in the hadiths, especially in Allah's names, are mentioned in various amounts, at certain times and in certain numbers, individually and collectively. The Sufis stated that the most important goal of human beings should be to reach God and that the most important factor to achieve this goal is to chant God. The Sufis stated that "The paths to God are the number of creations" also said that, together with the joint dhikrs that should be made in the way of Allah, each novice must have a unique invocation in the way of Allah. According to the Sufis, the dhikr is a lighthouse that illuminates the darkness. Because dhikr is the antidote of the biggest obstacle in front of unawareness and oblivion in the man's ultimate union journey. The main thing in chant is to training nafs (personality). According to the Sufis, the chant which not training the nafs is not a dhikr. According to the Sufis, the basis of zikir is that Sufi always engaged in dhikr, regardless of time and place. The Sufis divided the dhikr into different parts according to state and condition of the chanter and its fabrication during the dhikr. As in other worships in the execution of the chant have no formalities and certain conditions. In addition to this Sufis have performed the dhikr in different ways according to the way they are made. The Zikr practices of Sufis are mainly as follows: "verbal dhikr", "heartland dhikr", "secret dhikr", "open dhikr", "collective dhikr", "sema", "hatmı hâce", "darb-ı esmâ", "standing dhikr", "seated dhikr" and "deverân" Keywords: mystic, invocation, the chant, Semâ, deverân, vird, secret, open.