شهادة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of شَهِدَ (šahida, “to witness”), from the root ش ه د (š-h-d).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.haː.da/

Noun

شَهَادَة • (šahāda) f (dual شَهَادَتَانِ (šahādatāni), plural شَهَادَات (šahādāt)) Template:examples-right

1. 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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. statement
4. certificate, certification, testimonial, affidavit
5. diploma
6. attestation, attest
7. credentials, identification
8. creed; credo
9. (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 الشَّهادَتان (aš-šahādatān)
10. 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

See also

• لا إله إلا اللّٰه محمد رسول اللّٰه

Further reading

• شهادتان on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar