Ash-Shahīd
The Witness
Root ش ه د (sh-h-d). Lane explains shahidahu as meaning ‘he was, or became, present at it’, while shahida means to bear witness or testify. Shahāda refers to testimony, as seen in Qur'an 59:22. Shāhid means witness, found in Qur'an 33:45. Mashhūd, meaning witnessed, appears in Qur'an 85:3. Of Allah it occurs indefinite, shahīd (22:17, 4:79). ‘Indeed Allah is, over all things, Witness.’ (22:17)
The root
ش ه دsh-h-d
Presence and witness. Lane gives shahidahu as 'he was, or became, present at it', and shahida as to bear witness or testify.
- شَهَادَةshahādatestimony; the witnessed (59:22)
- شَاهِدshāhidwitness (33:45)
- مَشْهُودmashhūdwitnessed (85:3)
Pronunciation
الشَّهِيدُ
ash-sha-HEED
In the Qur'an
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالصَّابِئِينَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ وَالْمَجُوسَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
Indeed, those who have believed and those who were Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associated with Allah - Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allah is, over all things, Witness.
22:17 · Sahih International