similar) = "I testify that" are very often omitted. History One of the earliest surviving translations of the Shahadah into a foreign language is in Greek , from the reign of al-Walid I (86-96 AH, 705-715 CE): Οὐκ ἔστι[ν θεὸς εἰ μὴ ὁ θεὸς μόνος·] Μααμὲ[τ ἀπόστολος θεοῦ] ( Ouk esti[n