Shahada

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Shahada

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Shahada

The Shahada (Arabic: ٱلشَّهَادَةcode: ar is deprecated ,  audio (info • help)) is the first pillar of Islam. The saying is "Lā ʾIlāha ʾIllā Allah, Muḥammadun Rasūl Allah", meaning "There is no deity but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God". this saying also declared for conversion to Islam.

In one of the many ayahs (proofs, evidence, verses, signs, revelations, etc.) within the Qur'an. The ayah says 3:18

3:18

شَهِدَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَأُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمِ قَآئِمًۢا بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ١٨

  Allâh bears witness that Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), and the angels, and those having knowledge (also give this witness); (He always) maintains His creation in Justice. Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

Shahada Media

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  Calligraphic representation of the Shahada

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  Ottoman Turkish regimental standards with Ottoman Turkish national flag

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  Offa king of Mercia 757 793 gold dinar copy of dinar of the Abassid Caliphate 774

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  This is kalema-tut- sahadat 'la ilaha illalah" encrepted in the stone at kiblah of imam mustansir at fatemid era masjid at Cairo.The kalema 's wordings are'la ilaha illal lah mohammaun rasulullah Ali-yun-valiullah"

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  Museum of Islamic Art (Berlin). Tile with part of islamic shahada in kufic calligraphy (1307), from Natanz (Iran), Inv. Nr I 1277.

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  Focused picture on Mausoleum of Attar Neyshaburi in Neyshabur

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  Arabic Calligraphy at Wazir Khan Mosque2

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  Das muslimische Glaubensbekenntnis im Stil einer mamlukischen Tughra.

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  Kalema at Bab al Nasr, Fatimid Cairo