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Shahid (Arabic: شهيد, romanized: Shahīd , fem. شهيدة, pl. شُهَدَاء ), often spelled with other variations such as "shaheed", is an Arabic word for martyr that has been adopted as a loanword in a wide variety of languages and cultures.
Shahid is a male Muslim name and Arabic in origin. The name is common in Asian countries such as Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is not to be confused with a different word, a religious term, written and pronounced differently, Shahid ( Arabic : شهيد , romanized : šahīd , plural شُهَدَاء šuhadā , female šaheeda ...
A shahid is considered one whose place in Paradise is promised according to these verses in the Quran: Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord; They rejoice in the bounty provided by Allah. And with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them ...
The Quran refers to God's Most Beautiful Names (al-ʾasmāʾ al-ḥusná) in several Surahs. [9] According to Islamic belief, the names of God must be established by evidence and direct reference in the Qur'an and hadiths (the concept of tawqif).
Shahid is an alternate spelling for shaheed, a word that means "male martyr" in Arabic. The word is used in Islam and some non-Muslim communities. Shahid or Shaheed may also refer to:
Shahid (given name) Shahidi ( Persian : شهیدی ) is a common surname in Iran , Afghanistan and Tajikistan . Like the given name Shahid , it is a Muslim theophoric name , from Aš-Šāhid ( الشهيد ), one of the 99 names of God in the Qur'an .
The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary is an English translation of the Qur'an by the British Indian Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953) during the British Raj.It has become among the most widely known English translations of the Qur'an, due in part to its prodigious use of footnotes, and its distribution and subsidization by Saudi Arabian beneficiaries during the late 20th century.
The word kitāb, meaning 'writing' or 'book', occurs very often in the Quran, generally in the sense of a divine rather than a human activity, which consists in writing down and recording everything that is created. More than just referring to a 'book', it conveys meanings of divine knowledge, divine authority, and divine revelation. [12]