Shahadat
The word Arabic word Shahadat () literally means 'martyrdom'. It is derived from Shaheed () which denotes a martyr in Islam. The word Shaheed occurs frequently in the Quran in the generic sense 'witness', but only once in the sense 'martyr'; this latter sense acquires wider use in the hadiths. In Arabic, Shaheed can mean both a 'witness' and a 'martyr'.