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Shahid

Witness, martyr

شَهِيد
شَهِيد

Shahid

Witness, martyr

Direct Quranicboyarabic
Pronunciation
Shahid
Arabic
شَهِيد
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Root
sh-h-d
Quranic status
Direct Quranic

Origin & meaning

Used in the Quran for the witnesses of truth. Ash-Shahid is one of the 99 Names of Allah.

Themes
truth
Same root · sh-h-d

Names sharing this root.

عَبْدُ ٱلشَّهِيد
Abdul-Shahid
Servant of the Witness
مَشْهُود
Mashhood
Witnessed

“You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names beautiful.” (Sunan Abi Dawud 4948, hasan).

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