شَهِدَwitness

Example sentences

• فقال أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأنك رسوله

  Then he said: I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah, and that you are His messenger.

  أَشْهَدُ — I bear witness. Present-tense verb 'bear witness, testify', 'I' form.

  From: Early Converts to Islam →

• هكذا تشهدُ لغةُ العرب؛ فلا يُحكى بالقولِ إلا كلامٌ تام

  Thus, the language of the Arabs testifies; only complete speech is spoken.

  تَشْهَدُ — it testifies. Present 'testifies, bears witness', subject inside; its feminine shape looks ahead to its subject 'the language', which Arabic treats as feminine.

  From: Words That Nourish the Heart →

• كَقَوْل الْمُؤَذّن الله أكبر الله أكبر أشهد أَن لَا إِلَه إِلَّا الله أشهد أَن مُحَمَّدًا رَسُول الله

  As the caller to prayer says: (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, I testify that there is no deity but Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah).

  أَشْهَدُ — I testify. 'I bear witness', present with 'I' inside. It introduces a sworn testimony and sets up an 'that...' clause.

  From: The Declaration of Faith →

• الله أكبر الله أكبر أشهد أَن لَا إِلَه إِلَّا الله أشهد أَن مُحَمَّدًا رَسُول الله

  (Allah is the Greatest; Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.)

  أَشْهَدُ — I bear witness. 'I bear witness', present with 'I' inside. It introduces a sworn testimony and sets up a 'that...' clause.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →

• الله أكبر الله أكبر أشهد أَن لَا إِلَه إِلَّا الله أشهد أَن مُحَمَّدًا رَسُول الله

  (Allah is the Greatest; Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.)

  أَشْهَدُ — I bear witness. 'I bear witness' again, present with 'I' inside — opening the second testimony.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →

• وَشَهِدَ أَتَانِي بِمَا يَكُونُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

  And he testified that he came to me with what would come from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace.

  وَشَهِدَ — and he testified. A wa- opening a linked clause on a past 'he bore witness', single-male subject built in; the wa- joins statements. The testimony's content follows.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →

• الْإِسْلَامُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

  Islam is to testify that there is no god except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

  تَشْهَدَ — you testify. A present-tense verb 'you testify' pushed into the subjunctive by the particle before it, with a generic 'you' subject. The changed ending is what marks 'to testify' as the defining act rather than a real-time event.

  From: Faith and Worship →