In Arabic pronunciation: Ash-hadu 'alla-ilaha illa l-Lah wa ash-hadu 'anna Muhammadar-Rasulu l-Lah
أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن محمدا رسول الله
The Meaning of the Testification of Faith
The First Testification means that no one or thing deserves to be worshipped except God Who is the Creator of everything.
The second Testification states that Muhammad the son of ^Abdu l-Lah who was born in Makkah approximately 1400 years ago is a messenger of God. He was sent to convey what God revealed to him so that humans believe in and work with the Laws he received and brought.
He is truthful in all that he conveyed.
The Two Testifications reject the Godhood of anyone or anything other than Allah. They confirm the Godhood of Allah only with the acknowledgment of the message of Prophet Muhammad.
WARNING: Beware of some ignorant people who delay a person from becoming Muslim. Telling the person who is seeking to become Muslim to e.g., “wait” or “come back later I am busy” or “go take a shower first and come back” or “go read this book and come back” are all means of delaying one’s Islam. Delaying a person from embracing Islam is in itself blasphemy if the one who is asked is able to tell the seeker of Islam to utter the testification of faith.
