Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 23
وَأَنا أَشْـهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلـهَ إِلاّ اللهُ وَحْـدَهُ لا شَـريكَ لَـه ، وَأَنَّ محَمّـداً عَبْـدُهُ وَرَسـولُه، رَضيـتُ بِاللهِ رَبَّاً ، وَبِمُحَمَّـدٍ رَسـولاً وَبِالإِسْلامِ دينَـاً
And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner; that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. I am content with Allah as Lord, with Muhammad as Messenger, and with Islam as religion.
Translation notes
وَأَنا أَشْـهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلـهَ إِلاّ اللهُ
The witness includes the interpretive phrase ‘has the right to be worshipped,’ which is not explicit in the Arabic wording.
Should this interpretive gloss be retained, or should the more direct wording be used?
وَبِالإِسْلامِ دينَـاً
The English witness includes a separate recitation instruction absent from the Arabic unit.
Is the bracketed instruction editorial context from another source, and should it be excluded from this unit's translation?