different between belief vs shahada

English

Etymology

From Middle English bileve, from Old English l?afa, from Proto-Germanic *laubô. Compare German Glaube (“faith, belief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??li?f/, /b??li?f/
• Rhymes: -i?f
• Hyphenation: be?lief

Noun

belief (countable and uncountable, plural beliefs)

1. Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
2. Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.

3. (countable) Something believed.
4. (uncountable) The quality or state of believing.

5. (uncountable) Religious faith.

6. (in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.

Derived terms

• beliefful
• beyond belief
• disbelief
• forebelief
• self-belief
• unbelief
• wanbelief

Related terms

• believe

Translations

Anagrams

• befile, belfie

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

belief

1. imperative of believen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b??li?f]
• Hyphenation: be?lief

Verb

belief

1. first-person singular preterite of belaufen
2. third-person singular preterite of belaufen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (šah?da, “witnessing”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sha?ha?da

Noun

shahada (usually uncountable, plural shahadas or shahadat)

1. (Islam, especially theosophy) The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, one of the five pillars, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed).

Translations

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (šah?da, “witnessing”).

Noun

shàh?d?? f (plural shah?d?d?, possessed form shàh?dàr?)

1. (Islam) shahada
2. (Islam) martyrdom, death in a holy war
3. certificate

   Synonym: satifikat

Portuguese

Noun

shahada f (plural shahadas)

1. Alternative spelling of chahada

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (šah?da).

Pronunciation

Noun

shahada (n class, plural shahada)

1. testament, evidence
2. diploma, certificate
3. (Islam) shahada (declaration of faith)

Synonyms

• (certificate): cheti

Derived terms

• kidole cha shahada

Related terms

• shahidi