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))

Examples (the shahada)
أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ (ʔašhadu ʔan lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāhu waʔanna muḥammadan rasūlu llāhi)

verbal noun of شَهِدَ‎ (šahida) (form I)
(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.
statement
certificate, certification, testimonial, affidavit
diploma
(education) transcript
attestation, attest
credentials, identification
creed; credo
(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)
martyrdom

Declension

Declension of noun شَهَادَة (šahāda)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	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
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

→ Bengali: শাহাদত (śahadot)
→ English: shahada
→ Hausa: shàhādā̀
Maltese: xhieda
→ Swahili: shahada