Shahada

De ***Shahada*** (Arabic: الشَّهَادَةُ *aš-šahādatu*; Arabic pronunciation: [aʃʃahaːdatʊ],'de testimony'), dem sanso transliterate as ***Shahadah***, be Islamic oath den creed, den one of de Five Pillars of Islam den part of de Adhan. E dey read: "I dey bear witness dat der be no god buh God, wey I bear witness dat Muhammad be de Messenger of God."

De Shahada dey declare belief insyd de oneness (*tawhid*) of God den de acceptance of Muhammad as God ein messenger. Sam Shia Muslims sanso dey include a statement of belief insyd de *wilayat* of Ali, buh dem no dey consider am as an obligatory part for converting to Islam. All dat be required be a single honest recitation of de Shahada for a person make e cam turn a Muslim according to chaw traditional schools.

## De testimonies

De declaration dey read:

De above two statements be commonly prefaced by de phrase *ašhadu ʾan* (lit. 'I dey bear witness dat'), dey yield de full form:

## Translation den significance

Dem fi translate de Shahada into English as "Der be no god buh God. Muhammad be de messenger of God." Insyd English, capitalization of a word ein initial letter dey indicate say ebe a proper noun; dat be, de name of a unique entity. If ebe a noun plus a lower case initial letter ebe a "common noun"; dat be a name wich no be unique to an entity, buh, instead, e fi apply to a number of members of a set. De orthography of de translation der for dey replicate de original Arabic meaning so dat *god* be a common noun den *God* be a unique proper name.

De noun *shahādah* (), from de verb  ( ), from de root *š-h-d* () wey dey mean "to observe, witness, testify", wey dey translate as "testimony" insyd both de everyday den de legal senses.Dem sanso dey call de Islamic creed, insyd de dual form, *shahādatān* (, literally "two testimonies"). De expression *al-šahīd* (, "de Witness") be used insyd de Quran as one of de "titles of God".

Insyd Sunni Islam, de *Shahada* get two parts: '*lā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāh'<nowiki/>* ("Der be no deity except God"), wey *<nowiki/>'muḥammadun rasūlu llāh*' ("Muhammad be de Messenger of God"), wich dem sam times refer to am as de first *Shahada* den de second *Shahada*. Dem sanso know de first statement of de *Shahada* as de *tahlīl*.

Insyd Shia Islam, de *Shahada* sanso get an optional third part, a phrase wey dey concern Ali, de first Shia imam den de fourth Rashidun caliph of Sunni Islam: وَعَلِيٌّ وَلِيُّ ٱللَّٰهِ (*wa ʿaliyyun waliyyu llāh* [wa.ʕa.lijːun wa.lijːu‿ɫ.ɫaː.h]), wich dey translate to "Ali be de *wali* of God".

Insyd de Quran, de first statement of de *Shahadah* dey take de form *lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāh* twice (37:35, 47:19), den *ʾallāhu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa* (God, der be no deity buh Am) much more often. E dey appear insyd de shorter form *lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa* (Der be no deity buh Am) insyd chaw places. E dey appear insyd dese forms about 30 times insyd de Quran. Dem never dey attach am plus de second part, den any mention of Ali, wey particularly be important to Shia Muslims, be absent from de Quran.

Islam ein monotheistic nature dey reflect insyd de first sentence of de *Shahada*, wich dey declare belief insyd de oneness of God wey dat he be de entity per truly worthy of worship. De second sentence of de *Shahada* dey indicate de means by wich God offer guidance to human beings. De verse dey remind Muslims dat dem dey accept no be de prophecy of Muhammad per buh dem sanso dey accept de long line of prophets wey precede am. While dem dey see de first part as a cosmic truth, de second be specific to Islam, as dem dey understand say members of de older Abrahamic religions no dey view Muhammad as one of dema prophets.

De *Shahada* be a statement of both ritual den worship. Insyd a well-known hadith, Muhammad dey define Islam as dem dey witness dat der be no deity buh God den say Muhammad be God ein Messenger, dey give of alms (*zakat*), performing de ritual prayer, fasting during de month of Ramadan, den dey make a pilgrimage to de Kaaba: de Five Pillars of Islam be inherent insyd dis declaration of faith.

## Recitation

Recitation of de Shahadah be de most common statement of faith give Muslims. Sunnis, Shia Twelvers, as well as Isma'ilis dey consider am as one of de Five Pillars of Islam. Dem dey whisper am by de poppie into de ear of a newborn kiddie, wey dem dey whisper am into de ear of a dying person. De five canonical daily prayers each dey include a recitation of de Shahada. Recitation of de Shahada sanso be de formal step per in conversion to Islam. Dis occasion often dey attract witnesses den sam times dey include a celebration to welcam de converts into dema new faith. For accordance plus de central importance dem play by de notion of intention (Arabic: نِيَّة, *niyyah*) for Islamic doctrine insyd, de recitation of de Shahada for reflect understanding of ein import den heartfelt sincerity. Intention be wat dey differentiate acts of devotion from mundane acts den a simple reading of de Shahada from invoking am as a ritual activity.

## Origin

Though de two statements of de Shahada be both present insyd de Quran (for instance, 37:35 den 48:29), dem no dey find dem der side by side as insyd de Shahada formula, buh dem be present insyd de Hadiths. Versions of both phrases begin dey appear insyd coins den monumental architecture insyd de late seventh century, wich dey suggest dat e no be officially established as a ritual statement of faith til then. An inscription insyd de Dome of de Rock (est. 692) insyd Jerusalem dey read: "*There is no deity but God alone; He has no partner with him; Muhammad is the Messenger of God*". Anoda variant dey appear insys coins dem mint after de reign of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, de fifth Umayyad caliph: "*Muhammad is the Servant of God and His messenger*". Material evidence from de 690s dey document de existence of differing versions of de Shahada insyd different regions as dem oppose to wat go be standardize into a uniform version insyd later periods. Although e no be clear wen de Shahada first cam into common use among Muslims, e be clear dat na de sentiments e dey express be part of de Quran den Islamic doctrine from de earliest period.

## Insyd Sufism

Na dem dey traditionally recite de Shahada insyd de Sufi ceremony of *dhikr* (Arabic: ذِکْر, ""), a ritual wey dey resemble mantras dem find insyd chaw oda religious traditions. During de ceremony, dem fi repeat de *Shahada* thousands of times, sam times insyd de shortened form of de first phrase wer dem replace de word 'Allah' ("God") by 'huwa' ("Am"). De chanting of de Shahada sam times dey provide a rhythmic background for singing.

## Insyd Alawism

Secof de fact dat de Alawites, an ethnoreligious sect of Islam, dey believe dat Ali ibn Abi Talib, de "first Imam" insyd de Twelver school, as de physical manifestation of God den due to dis, dem no dey take de shahada as oda sectors of Islam. Instead, dem dey state de shahada as "*there is no God but Ali*" in accordance to dema belief. Secof dis den dema belief insyd Ali as de physical manifestation as God, na dem no dey consider dem Muslims secof ebe considered idolatrous til 1932 wen de Grand Mufti of Palestine, Amin al-Husseini, issue a fatwa wey dey seek to undermine de foundations of French colonialism insyd French Syria.

## Insyd architecture den art

De Shahada dey appear as an architectural element insyd Islamic buildings around de world, such as those insyd Jerusalem, Cairo, den Istanbul.

Late-medieval den Renaissance European art  dey display a fascination plus Middle Eastern motifs in general den de Arabic script for particular, as dem indicate by ein use, widout concern for ein content, for painting, architecture den book illustrations.

## Usage for flags top

### Military flags plus de Shahada

File:HGM Türkische Standarte 1683.jpg|Shahada Flag of Ottoman Army insyd Battle of Vienna (1683)
File:Οθωμανικό λάβαρο το οποίο απέσπασαν οι Βενετοί ως τρόπαιο όταν εκ - Peeters Jacob - 1690.jpg|Shahada Flag of Ottoman Army insyd Morea (1690)
File:Ottoman Regiment Flag.jpg|One Side of Ottoman Turkish Regimental Standard plus Shahada wich dem use insyd World War 1 (1914)


### National flags plus de Shahada

File:Flag of Afghanistan (1992).svg|Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992)
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg|Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
File:Flag of Somaliland.svg|Republic of Somaliland (unrecognized)
File:Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918-1927).svg|Kingdom of Yemen


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## External links

* "The ''Shahadah'' as Truth and as Way" Archived 8 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
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