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shahaadat(f): martyrdom

Description of shahaadat: Shahaadat is the Arabic-derived Urdu term for shahada, the fundamental Islamic testimony of faith declaring "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God," one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Unlike casual oaths, it requires sincere heart assent and verbal recitation to affirm conversion to Islam. Differs from shahadat meaning martyrdom, where a shaheed witnesses truth through sacrificial death for faith. In Urdu poetry, it

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kuch usoolon kaa nashaa thaa kuch muqaddas khwaab thay

har zamaane mein shahaadat ke

yahee asbaab thay

some intoxication of principles

some dreams of holiness

in every age, these have been

the reasons for martyrdom

Hasan Naim (Hasan Naim) (1)

usoolon (m) (1)

principles

muqaddas (1)

sacred

khwaab (m) (15)

dream

zamaane (m) (10)

in the world

shahaadat (f) (1)

martyrdom

asbaab (m) (1)

motives, causes

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