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The orthography of the translation therefore replicates the original Arabic meaning so that god is a common noun and God is a unique proper name. [ 10 ] The noun shahādah ( شَهَادَة ), from the verb šahida ( [ʃa.hi.da] شَهِدَ ), from the root š-h-d ( ش-ه-د ) meaning "to observe, witness, testify", translates as "testimony ...
La ilaha illallah, Muhammadun rasulullah (English translation: "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s messenger"). White background with Shahadah written in Islamic calligraphy is currently used as the present-day flag of Afghanistan.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un, [a] [a 1] also known as Istirja, [b] is an Arabic phrase from 156th verse of the second chapter of the Quran, and meaning "Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we return."
Arabic text: أشهد أن لا إله إلاَّ لله ، وأشهد أن محمدًا رسول الله; Romanization: 'ašhadu 'al-lā ilāha illā-llāh; English translations: I testify that there is no god but God. [2] This can also be seen in the prayer La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah, There is neither change nor power except by means ...
It was narrated by Imam Ahmad, Imam Bukhari, and Imam Muslim, on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Islamic prophet Muhammad, encouraged the saying of this supplication at the time of distress: "La ilaha illallahul-Azimul-Halim. La ilaha illallahu Rabbul-'Arshil-'Azim. La ilaha illallahu Rabbus-samawati, wa Rabbul-ardi, wa Rabbul-'Arshil- Karim.
The testimony of faith: La ilaha illa Allah. Muhammadun rasulullah. ("There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."). Sunnis regard this as the first Pillar of Islam. Also may be used as a synonym for the term Istish'hād meaning martyrdom. Shahīd (شهيد) pl. shuhadāʾ (شهداء) witness, martyr.
The Arabic word for God is thought to be derived from it (in a proposed earlier form al-Lāh) though this is disputed. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] ʾIlāh is cognate to Northwest Semitic ʾēl and Akkadian ilum . The word is from a Proto-Semitic archaic biliteral ʔ-L meaning " god " (possibly with a wider meaning of "strong"), which was extended to a regular ...
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