لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laː ʔi.laː.ha ʔil.la‿ɫ.ɫaː.hu mu.ħam.ma.dun ra.suː.lu‿ɫ.ɫaː.hi/
(prefaced with أَشْهَدُ أَنْ (ʔašhadu ʔan))(file)
Phrase
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ • (lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāhu muḥammadun rasūlu llāhi)
Usage notes
- This phrase, called the shahada, شَهَادَة (šahāda), or shahadatayn, شَهَادَتَيْنِ (šahādatayni), or Muslim creed, is the declaration of belief in the oneness of God and in Muhammad as His messenger. Recitation of the shahada is considered one of the five pillars of Islam by Sunni Muslims. By sincerely stating the shahada aloud before two witnesses, one is considered to have converted to Islam.
- In addition to excluding the other messengers of God, the second part of the shahada is viewed by Quranists as unnecessary shirk, and they may instead substitute the following: وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ (waḥdahu lā šarīka lahu).
See also
- شَهَادَة (šahāda)
- أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ (ʔašhadu ʔan lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāhu)
- أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔašhadu ʔanna muḥammadan rasūlu llāhi)
