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shahada (kalima)

 
Islamic Dictionary: shahada (kalima)

"Witnessing." Islamic declaration of belief, the formal content of which is the kalima: "There is no God but God, and Mohammad is the messenger of God." The kalima serves as a kind of minimal creed for Muslims and is one of the five pillars of Islam (din). The Arabic form is "La ila ha illa Allah, Mohammad rasul Allah."

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