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Ash-hadu anla ilaha illal-Lahu Wahdahu la Sharika Lahu wa-ash-hadu anna Muhammad

English translation: Islamic declaration of faith - the long version

02:41 Jan 24, 2003
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Arabic term or phrase: Ash-hadu anla ilaha illal-Lahu Wahdahu la Sharika Lahu wa-ash-hadu anna Muhammad
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English translation:Islamic declaration of faith - the long version
Explanation:
What you posted is only a portion of the statement. In Arabic script the statemnt goes:

أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأن محمداً عبده ورسوله

Pronounced:

ASH-HADU ALLA ILAHA ILLALLAHU WAHDAHU LA SHAREEKA LAH,

WANNA MUHAMMADAN `ABDUHU WA RASOOLUH.

In English:

I bear witness that there is no deity besides God, who is without partner,

And that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.


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5 +6Islamic declaration of faith - the long version
Fuad Yahya
5 +1See explanation
Ali Darwish


  

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Islamic declaration of faith - the long version


Explanation:
What you posted is only a portion of the statement. In Arabic script the statemnt goes:

أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأن محمداً عبده ورسوله

Pronounced:

ASH-HADU ALLA ILAHA ILLALLAHU WAHDAHU LA SHAREEKA LAH,

WANNA MUHAMMADAN `ABDUHU WA RASOOLUH.

In English:

I bear witness that there is no deity besides God, who is without partner,

And that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.


Fuad

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2811
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agree  Sami Khamou
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agree  sktrans
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agree  Adam Zakrzewski
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agree  HALAHouse
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Explanation:
This may be rendered as follows:

I bear witness that there is no deity but God, the only, the partnerless, and that Muhammad is his messenger [assuming that the rest of your posting is meant to read rasulu-l-allah, i.e the messenger of God. There are variant flourishes to the ending of this testament of course].

Note that it is important to use appositives rather than dependent clauses in this instance.

Cheers
Ali



Ali Darwish
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in pair: 49

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agree  Tarjamat
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thank you Louay.
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