شَهِدَ
Verb · 44 timesMeaning: Bears witness · Also translated as: and bear witness, Bear witness, testify, they testify
Forms in the Quran
- يَشْهَدُ ×5
- شَهِدَ ×4
- يَشْهَدُونَ ×4
- شَهِدْنَا ×4
- تَشْهَدُونَ ×3
- وَشَهِدُوٓا۟ ×3
- تَشْهَدْ ×3
- وَٱشْهَدْ ×2
شَهِدَ
Meaning: Bears witness
شهد occurs 44 times in 38 verses across 21 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.
Meaning: Bears witness · Also translated as: and bear witness, Bear witness, testify, they testify
الشهود والشهادة: الحضور مع المشاهدة، إما بالبصر، أو بالبصيرة، وقد يقال للحضور مفردا قال الله تعالى: عالم الغيب والشهادة [السجدة/ 6] ، لكن الشهود بالحضور المجرد أولى، والشهادة مع المشاهدة أولى، ويقال للمحضر: مشهد، وللمرأة التي يحضرها زوجها: مشهد، وجمع مشهد: مشاهد، ومنه:
قوله تعالى: ﴿عالم الغيب والشهادة﴾ [الأنعام: 73]. الشهادة والشهود: حضور مع مشاهدة. وذلك إما بالبصر، وإما بالبصيرة. والأول تتعلق به الأحكام الظاهرة، وأما الثاني فالشرع بالنسبة إلى الأحكام الظاهرة لم يعتبره. وقد يقال للحضور مفردا، إلا أن الشهود بالحضور المجرد أولى والشهادة مع الشهادة. وقد يقال للمحضر: مشهد، وللمرأة بحضرة…
Verses 1–20 of 38
And remember We took Your Covenant (to this effect): Shed no blood amongst you, Nor turn out your own people From your homes: and this Ye solemnly ratified, And to this ye can bear witness.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:84Ramadhān is the (month) In which was sent down The Qur-ān, as a guide To mankind, also clear (Signs) For guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong). So every one of you Who is present (at his home) During that month Should spend it in fasting, But if any one is ill, Or on a journey, The prescribed period (Should be made up) By days later. God intends every facility For you; He does not want To put you to difficulties. (He wants you) to complete The prescribed period, And to glorify Him In that He has guided you; And perchance ye shall be grateful.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:185There is no god but He That is the witness of God, His angels, and those endued With knowledge, standing firm On justice. There is no god but He, The Exalted in Power, The Wise.
Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:18When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: "Who will be My helpers to (the work Of) God?" Said the Disciples: "We are God's helpers: We believe in God, And do thou bear witness That we are Muslims.
Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:52Say: "O People Of the Book! come To common terms As between us and you: That we worship None but God; That we associate No partners with Him; That we erect not, From among ourselves, Lords and patrons Other than God." If then they turn back, Say ye: "Bear witness That we (at least) Are Muslims (bowing To God's Will)."
Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:64Ye People of the Book! Why reject ye The Signs of God, Of which ye are (Yourselves) witnesses?
Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:70Behold! God took The Covenant of the Prophets, Saying: "I give you A Book and Wisdom; Then comes to you An Apostle, confirming What is with you; Do ye believe in him And render him help." God said: "Do ye agree, And take this my Covenant As binding on you?" They said: "We agree." He said: "Then bear witness, And I am with you Among the witnesses."
Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:81How shall God Guide those who reject Faith after they accepted it And bore witness That the Apostle was true And that Clear Signs Had come unto them? But God guides not A people unjust.
Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:86If any of your women Are guilty of lewdness, Take the evidence of four (Reliable) witnesses from amongst you Against them; and if they testify, Confine them to houses until Death do claim them, Or God ordain for them Some (other) way.
Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:15But God beareth witness That what He hath sent Unto thee He hath sent From His (own) knowledge, And the angels bear witness: But enough is God for a witness.
Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:166"And behold! I inspired The Disciples to have faith In Me and Mine Apostle: They said, 'We have faith, And do thou bear witness That we bow to God As Muslims'."
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:111Say: "What thing is most Weighty in evidence?" Say: "God is witness Between me and you; This Qur-ān hath been Revealed to me by inspiration, That I may warn you And all whom it reaches. Can ye possibly bear witness That besides God there is Another God?" Say: "Nay! I cannot bear witness!" Say: But in truth He is the One God, And I truly am innocent Of (your blasphemy of) joining Others with Him."
Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:19"O ye assembly of Jinns And men! came there not Unto you apostles from amongst you Setting forth unto you My Signs, and warning you Of the meeting of this Day Of yours?" They will say: "We bear witness against Ourselves." It was The life of this world That deceived them. So Against themselves will they Bear witness that they Rejected Faith.
Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:130Say: "Bring forward your witnesses To prove that God did Forbid so and so." If they Bring such witnesses, Be not thou amongst them: Nor follow thou the vain Desires of such as treat Our Signs as falsehoods, And such as believe not In the Hereafter: for they Hold others as equal With their Guardian-Lord.
Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:150Who is more unjust Than one who invents A lie against God Or rejects His Signs? For such, their portion Appointed must reach them From the Book (of Decrees): Until, when Our messengers (Of death) arrive and take Their souls, they say: "Where are the things That ye used to invoke Besides God?" They will reply, "They Have left us in the lurch," And they will bear witness Against themselves, that they Had rejected God.
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:37When thy Lord drew forth From the Children of Adam— From their loins— Their descendants, and made them Testify concerning themselves, (saying): "Am I not your Lord (Who cherishes and sustains you)?"— They said: "Yea! We do testify!" (This), lest Ye should say on the Day Of Judgment: "Of this we Were never mindful":
Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:172And there are those Who put up a mosque By way of mischief and infidelity— To disunite the Believers And in preparation for one Who warred against God And His Apostle aforetime. They will indeed swear That their intention is nothing But good; but God doth declare That they are certainly liars.
Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:107"We say nothing but that (Perhaps) some of our gods May have seized thee With imbecility." He said: "I call God to witness, And do ye bear witness, That I am free from the sin Of ascribing, to Him,
Surah Hud, verse 11:54He said: "It was she That sought to seduce me— From my (true) self." And one Of her household saw (this) And bore witness, (thus):— "If it be that his shirt Is rent from the front, then Is her tale true, And he is a liar!
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:26"Turn ye back to your father, And say, "O our father! Behold! thy son committed theft! We bear witness only to what We know, and we could not Well guard against the unseen!
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:81