شهادة

Arabic

Root
ش ه د (š-h-d)

Examples (the shahada)
أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللّهِ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.haː.da/

Noun

شَهَادَة • (šahāda) f (plural شَهَادَات (šahādāt))

1. (uncountable) verbal noun of شَهِدَ (šahida) (form I)
2. (law) testimony, witness
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:4:

     وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَاسِقُونَ

     wallaḏīna yarmūna l-muḥṣanāti ṯumma lam yaʔtū biʔarbaʕati šuhadāʔa fajlidūhum ṯamānīna jaldatan walā taqbalū lahum šahādatan ʔabadan waʔūlāʔika humu l-fāsiqūna

     As for those who accuse chaste women and do not bring four witnesses, strike them eighty lashes, and never accept any testimony from them after that, and they are transgressors.

3. statement
4. certificate, certification, testimonial, affidavit
5. diploma
6. (education) transcript
7. attestation, attest
8. credentials, identification
9. creed; credo
10. (Islam) shahada: the basic Islamic creed, or one of its two parts, i.e. faith in one God and in Muhammad as his prophet; collectively also called الشَّهَادَتَانِ (aš-šahādatāni)
11. martyrdom

Declension

Declension of noun شَهَادَة (šahāda)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَهَادَة šahāda	الشَّهَادَة aš-šahāda	شَهَادَة šahādat
Nominative	شَهَادَةٌ šahādatun	الشَّهَادَةُ aš-šahādatu	شَهَادَةُ šahādatu
Accusative	شَهَادَةً šahādatan	الشَّهَادَةَ aš-šahādata	شَهَادَةَ šahādata
Genitive	شَهَادَةٍ šahādatin	الشَّهَادَةِ aš-šahādati	شَهَادَةِ šahādati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَهَادَتَيْن šahādatayn	الشَّهَادَتَيْن aš-šahādatayn	شَهَادَتَيْ šahādatay
Nominative	شَهَادَتَانِ šahādatāni	الشَّهَادَتَانِ aš-šahādatāni	شَهَادَتَا šahādatā
Accusative	شَهَادَتَيْنِ šahādatayni	الشَّهَادَتَيْنِ aš-šahādatayni	شَهَادَتَيْ šahādatay
Genitive	شَهَادَتَيْنِ šahādatayni	الشَّهَادَتَيْنِ aš-šahādatayni	شَهَادَتَيْ šahādatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَهَادَات šahādāt	الشَّهَادَات aš-šahādāt	شَهَادَات šahādāt
Nominative	شَهَادَاتٌ šahādātun	الشَّهَادَاتُ aš-šahādātu	شَهَادَاتُ šahādātu
Accusative	شَهَادَاتٍ šahādātin	الشَّهَادَاتِ aš-šahādāti	شَهَادَاتِ šahādāti
Genitive	شَهَادَاتٍ šahādātin	الشَّهَادَاتِ aš-šahādāti	شَهَادَاتِ šahādāti

Descendants

• Maltese: xhieda
• → Bengali: শাহাদাত (śahadat)
• → English: shahada
• → Hausa: shàhādā̀
• → Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ／شہادت (śahādat)
• → Swahili: shahada

See also

• لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ (lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāhu muḥammadun rasūlu llāhi)

 

Further reading

• شهادتان on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar