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 244 but the main features of each are similar in character. The following is a zikr-i-jalí as given in the book Qual-ul-Jamíl, by Maulaví Sháh Walí Ullah, of Delhi:—

1. The worshipper sits in the usual sitting posture and shouts the word Al-lah (God), drawing his voice from his left side and then from his throat.

2. Sitting as at prayers he repeats the word Al-lah still louder than before, first from his right knee, and then from his left side.

3. Folding his legs under him he repeats the word Al-lah first from his right knee and then from his left side, still louder!

4. Still remaining in the same position, he shouts the word Al-lah, first from the left knee then from the right knee, then from the left side, and lastly in front, still louder!

5. Sitting as at prayer, with his face towards Mecca, he closes his eyes, says "Lá"—drawing the sound as from his navel up to his left shoulder; then he says i-lá-ha, drawing out the sound as from his brain; and lastly "il-lal-lá-ho," repeated from his left side with great energy.

Each of these stages is called a Zarb. They