Shahadah Is Testimony. But In Front Of Who?
It is an attribute of people who are endowed with real knowledge and insight that they are so firm in their faith in God that they can bear a testimony of faith to themselves and before the world that indeed God is One and there is no other deity except him. Please see 3:81 . The testimony of faith draws a framework for us to live our lives by, and it keeps things simple and compliant to God’s will. Its proclamation also symbolizes that this is the ultimate truth that we want to keep on aspiring to in our lives till we die. So that if ever God forbid, we are about to deviate, it can remind us of where we want to stand. 3:18 God bears witness that there is no god except He, as do the angels, and those with knowledge, He is standing with justice. There is no god except He, the Noble, the Wise.