Definition of Kalima
(Islam) Formal content of martyrdom (declaration of faith): “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” Noun.
First Kalima
Transliteration
lā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāhu muḥammadun rasūlu -llāhi
English Meaning
The word of Purity (Tayyabah).
There is no worthy of Worship except Allah and Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is the messenger of Allah.
Second Kalima
Transliteration
ʾashhadu ʾan lā ilāha ʾillā -llāhu waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū wa-ʾashhadu ʾanna muḥhammadan ʿabduhū wa-rasūluhū
English Meaning
The word of Testimony (Shahadat – bearing witness)
I testify that (there is) no partner for Him. And I testify that certainly Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) His worshipper and His Messenger.
Third Kalima
Transliteration
subḥāna -llāhi wa-l-ḥamdu li-llāhi wa-lā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāhu wa-llāhu ʾakbaru wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata ʾillā bi-llāhi l-ʿalīyi l-aẓīmi
English Meaning
The word of Glorification (Tamjeed )
Glory (is for) Allah. And all praises for Allah. And (there is) none worthy of worship except Allah. And Allah is the Greatest. And (there is) no power and no strength except Allah, the highest, the Most Great.
Fourth Kalima
Transliteration
lā ilāha ʾillā -llāhu waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū lahū l-mulku wa-lahū l-ḥamdu yuḥyī wa-yumītu wa-huwa ḥayyun lā yamūtu ʾabadan ʾabadan ḏu l-jalāli wa-l-ʾikrām bi-yadihi-l k͟hayr wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun
English Meaning
The word of Oneness (Tawheed)
(There is) none worthy of worship Except Allah. He is only One. (There is) no partners for Him. For Him (is) the Kingdom. And for Him (is) the Praise. He gives life and causes death. And He (is) Alive. He will not die, never, ever. Possessor of Majesty and Reverence. In His hand (is) the goodness. And He (is) the goodness. And He (is) on everything powerful.
Fifth Kalima
Transliteration
ʾastaḡfiru -llāha rabbī min kulli ḏanbin ʾaḏnabtuhu ʿamdan ʾaw k͟haṭaʾan sirran wa-ʿalānīyatan wa-ʾatūbu ʾilayhi mina ḏ-ḏanbi l-laḏī ʾaʿlamu wa-mina ḏ-ḏanbi l-laḏī lā ʾaʿlamu ʾinnaka ʾanta ʿallāmu l-ḡuyūbi wa-sattāru l-ʿuyūbi wa-ḡaffāru ḏ-ḏunūbi wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata ʾillā bi-llāhi l-ʿalīyi l-aẓīmi
English Meaning
The words of Seeking Forgiveness (Astaghfar)
I seek forgiveness from Allah, my Lord, from every sin I committed knowingly or unknowingly, secretly or openly, and I turn towards Him from the sin that I know and from the sin that I do not know. Certainly You, You (are) the know-er of the hidden things and the Concealer (of) the mistakes and the Forgiver (of) the sins. And (there is) no power and no strength Except Allah, the highest, the greatest.
Sixth Kalima
Transliteration
ʾallāhumma ʾinnī ʾaʿūḏu bika min ʾan ʾušrika bika šayʾan wa-ʾanā ʾaʿlamu bihi wa-ʾastaḡfiruka limā lā ʾaʿlamu bihi tubtu ʿanhu wa-tabarraʾatu mina l-kufri wa-š-širki wa-l-kiḏbi wa-l-ḡībati wa-l-bidʿati wa-n-namīmati wa-l-fawāḥiši wa-l-buhtāni wa-l-maʿāṣī kullihā wa-ʾaslamtu wa-ʾaquwlu lā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāhu muḥammadun rasūlu -llāhi
English Meaning
The words of Rejecting Disbelief (Radhay kufr)
O, Allah! Certainly, I seek protection with You from, that I associate partner with You anything and I know it. And I seek forgiveness from You for that I do not know it. I repented of it and I made myself free from disbelief and polytheism and the falsehood and the back-biting and the innovation and the tell-tales and the bad deeds and the blame and the disobedience, all of them. And I submit and I say (there is) none worthy of worship Except Allah, Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.