Duas & Kalimas
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First Kalima: Tayyibah
The Word of Purity (Declaration of Faith)لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللهِ
La ilaha illallahu Muhammadur Rasoolullah.
There is no deity except Allah, [and] Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.
Second Kalima: Shahadah
The Word of Testimony (Declaration of Evidence)أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
Ash-hadu al-la ilaha illallahu Wahdahu La Shareeka Lahu Wa Ash-hadu Anna Muhammadan 'Abduhu Wa Rasooluhu.
I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah, who is alone and has no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger.
Third Kalima: Tamjeed
The Word of Glorification (Declaration of Glory)سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ
Subhanallahi wal hamdu lillahi wa la ilaha illallahu wallahu akbar. Wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billahil 'Aliyyil 'Azeem.
Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no deity except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest. And there is no power nor strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.
Fourth Kalima: Tauheed
The Word of Oneness (Declaration of Oneness)لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ أَبَدًا أَبَدًا ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la shareeka lahu lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu yuhyi wa yumeetu wa huwa hayyul la yamootu abadan abada. Dhul Jalali wal Ikrami bi yadihil khair. Wa huwa 'ala kulli shai'in Qadeer.
There is no deity except Allah, who is alone and has no partner. For Him is the dominion, and for Him is all praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is living and will never die, ever and ever. Owner of Majesty and Honor: In His Hand is all goodness, and He is over all things Powerful.
Fifth Kalima: Istighfar
The Word of Penitence (Declaration of Forgiveness)أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ رَبِّي مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ عَمْدًا أَوْ خَطَأً سِرًّا أَوْ عَلَانِيَةً وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ الَّذِي أَعْلَمُ وَمِنَ الذَّنْبِ الَّذِي لَا أَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ وَسَتَّارُ الْعُيُوبِ وَغَفَّارُ الذُّنُوبِ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ
Astaghfirullaha Rabbi min kulli zambin aznabtuhu 'amdan aw khata'an sirran aw 'alaniyatan wa atoobu ilaihi minaz zambil lazi a'lamu wa minaz zambil lazi la a'lamu innaka Anta 'Allamul Ghuyoobi wa Sattarul 'Uyoobi wa Ghaffaruz Zunoobi wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billahil 'Aliyyil 'Azeem.
I seek forgiveness from Allah, my Lord, for every sin I committed knowingly or unknowingly, secretly or openly, and I turn to Him in repentance for the sin that I know and for the sin that I do not know. Indeed, You are the Knower of the unseen, the Coverer of faults, and the Forgiver of sins. And there is no power nor strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.
Sixth Kalima: Radde Kufr
The Word of Refutation (Refutation of Disbelief)اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ شَيْءًا وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِهِ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ بِهِ تُبْتُ عَنْهُ وَتَبَرَّأْتُ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالشِّرْكِ وَالْكَذِبِ وَالْغِيبَةِ وَالْبِدْعَةِ وَالنَّمِيمَةِ وَالْفَوَاحِشِ وَالْبُهْتَانِ وَالْمَعَاصِي كُلِّهَا وَأَسْلَمْتُ وَأَقُولُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللهِ
Allahumma inni a'uzubika min an ushrika bika shai'an wa ana a'lamu bihi wa astaghfiruka lima la a'lamu bihi tubtu 'anhu wa tabarra'tu minal kufri wash shirki wal kizbi wal gheebati wal bid'ati wan nameemati wal fawahishi wal buhtani wal ma'asi kulliha wa aslamtu wa aqoolu La ilaha illallahu Muhammadur Rasoolullah.
O Allah! I seek refuge in You from associating anything with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for that which I do not know. I repent from it and free myself from disbelief, polytheism, falsehood, backbiting, innovation, slander, lewdness, calumny, and all disobedience. I submit, and I say: There is no deity except Allah, [and] Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.