Shahada is an Arabic word that means declaration and witness. It is the declaration by a Muslim that no God except one and only one God with no partner, no son, no father, no companion and no associate and that prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is His prophet and messenger to whom God revealed the holy book Quran that reflects real words of God in its original language, Arabic, that still recited with it till now.
It is the first pillar of the Islam five pillars.
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