شَهَادَةٌ
Root: شهد
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شَهَادَةٌ
[see 1:] Information of what one has witnessed, or seen or beheld with his eye: this is the primary signification: said to be a subst. from المُشَاهَدَةُ: declaration of what one knows: testimony, attestation, evidence, or witness: decisive information.
2 An oath: pl. شَهَادَاتٌ: so in the Kur xxiv. 6 [and 8].
3 Martyrdom in the cause of God's religion.
4 Also i. q. مَشْهَدٌ as expl. below: see the latter word.
5 [And it is used in the sense of مُشَاهَدٌ: thus,] عَالِمُ الغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ, in the Kur vi. 73 &c., means The Knower of what is unseen and of what is seen.
2 An oath: pl. شَهَادَاتٌ: so in the Kur xxiv. 6 [and 8].
3 Martyrdom in the cause of God's religion.
4 Also i. q. مَشْهَدٌ as expl. below: see the latter word.
5 [And it is used in the sense of مُشَاهَدٌ: thus,] عَالِمُ الغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ, in the Kur vi. 73 &c., means The Knower of what is unseen and of what is seen.
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