 | Henry Walter Bellew - 1989 - 452 pages
...the youth, and he exclaimed, " Tell me, 0 sage ! and I will do what you say." The sage repeated the creed, " There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the prophet of God." " What are these words ? " asked Satoc. " What do hey mean ? " The sage replied, " My son I By repeating... | |
 | Rafiq Zakaria - 1989 - 180 pages
...and was about to strike a fatal blow, when the non-believer raised his hands and uttered the words: 'There is no god but God and Muhammad is the Prophet of God'. Khalid was not impressed by his recitation of the Kalima and killed him instantly. When the Prophet... | |
 | Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī, Barbara Daly Metcalf - 1990 - 464 pages
...matters related to the faith. The most important is the kalima-i taiyiba (the Most Excellent Saying): There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the prophet of God. The least important is that you remove any thorn, stick, or rock lying on the road that might inconvenience... | |
 | [Anonymus AC00786717] - 1992 - 200 pages
...Hanlfa, Shaybanl, writing ca. 184/800, says that "Today the Jews in the areas of Iraq recognize that there is no god but God and Muhammad is the Prophet of God, but they claim that he was sent as a prophet only to the Arabs, and not to the Jews..."(38) This, written... | |
 | Gülru Necipoğlu - 1995 - 190 pages
...decorated with muqarnas is presented, the center of the composition is covered in squared Kufic script with "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Prophet of God." Repeated along the perimeter of the design is "Power belongs to God." At first glance there is nothing... | |
 | Sylviane A. Diouf - 1998 - 270 pages
...profession of faith, or shahada, is expressed by the formula La-ilaha ill'l-Lah Nhthammadan rasul-ul-lah — "There is no God but God and Muhammad is the Prophet of God." According to Islam, when uttered with sincerity, the shahada makes anyone a Muslim. In America the... | |
 | Paul D. Bramsen - 1998 - 548 pages
...Five Pillars of Islam are: 1.) The Witness (Shahada): La illaha illa Allah, wa Mohammed Rasul Allah. "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the prophet of God." 2.) Ritual Prayers (Salat): Five times daily at hours specified, in the Arabic language, facing toward... | |
 | John Barton - 1998 - 228 pages
...unbelievable /ese-majestein such a kingdom, until one learns that the flag bears words from the Qur'an ('There is no God but God, and Muhammad is the prophet of God'), including the Name of God himself, whose sanctity overrules the normal customs of human mourning rites.... | |
 | Catherine Clément - 1999 - 614 pages
...heaven is very simple. You just have to respect the five pillars of Islam to the letter. One, swear that 'there is no God but God and Muhammad is the prophet of God.' This profession of faith is called the shahada. It means the testimony. Two, observe the five daily... | |
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There is no God but God, and Muhammad is the prophet of God. 
