Six Kalimas


The Six Kalimah in Islam are six significant parts of one's religious belief, mostly taken from hadiths.
The first of them, known as the kalimat tayyibah'' or "word of purity", second is called the shahada, third "tamjeed", fourth "tawheed", fifth "istighfar" and sixth is called "radde kufr". Recitation of the six kalimas is taught in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other Muslim countries' madrasas, Conversely, religious leaders are expected to be able to recite them, and the Pakistani Ministry of Religious Affairs in one instance earned political criticism for appointing as head of its Council of Islamic Ideology a man who was not able to recite them.
Riaz records memorization of the six kalimas as part of the syllabus of grade 3 education at the Deobandi school Darul Uloom Deoband in Uttar Pradesh, India.

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OrderArabicMeaningTransliterationPronunciation
1. Kalimah Tayyibah kalimat aṭ-ṭaiyibah لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّااللهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللہِThere is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.'lā ilāha illā -llāh, muḥammadur rasūlu -llāh.
2. Kalimah Shahadah kalimat ash-shahādah اَشْهَدُ اَنْ لَّآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَہٗ لَاشَرِيْكَ لَہٗ وَاَشْهَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهٗ وَرَسُولُہٗI bear witness that no god except Allah; One is He, no partner hath He, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger.Ašhadu al lā ilāha illā-llāhu waḥdahu lā šarīka lahu, wa ašhadu anna muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh. The text is from the 9th-century Sahih al-Bukhari, which attributes it to Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, who upon hearing the muezzin is said to have uttered the Kalimah Shahada.
3. Kalimah Tamjeed kalimat at-tamjīd سُبْحَان اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُلِلّهِ وَلا إِلهَ إِلّااللّهُ وَاللّهُ أكْبَرُ وَلا حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيْمExalted is Allah, and praise is due to Allah, and there is no deity except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest. And there is no might nor power except in Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.Subḥāna-llāhi, wa-l-ḥamdu li-llāhi, wa lā ilāha illā-llāhu, Wa-llāhu akbar, Wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāhi-l-ʿalīyyi-l-ʿaẓīm.
4. Kalimah Tawheed kalimat at-tawḥīd لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهٗ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهٗ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْىٖ وَ يُمِيْتُ وَ هُوَحَیٌّ لَّا يَمُوْتُ اَبَدًا اَبَدًاؕ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْاِكْرَامِؕ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُؕ وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شیْ ٍٔ قَدِیْرٌؕ There is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is Alone and has no partners. To Him belongs the Kingdom and for Him is all Praise. He gives life and causes death. He is eternal and ubiquitous. He of Majesty and Munificence. In His Hand is all good. And He has power over everything.lā ilāha illā-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu lahu l-mulku wa lahu l-ḥamdu yuḥyi wa yumītu wa huwa ḥayyul lā yamūtu abadan abada ḏhu l-jalāli wa l-ʾikrām biyadihi-l k͟hayr wa-huwa ʿala-kulli shayʾin qadīr.
5. Kalimah Istighfar اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهِ رَبِّىْ مِنْ كُلِِّ ذَنْۢبٍ اَذْنَبْتُهٗ عَمَدًا اَوْ خَطَا ًٔ سِرًّا اَوْ عَلَانِيَةً وَّاَتُوْبُ اِلَيْهِ مِنَ الذَّنْۢبِ الَّذِیْٓ اَعْلَمُ وَ مِنَ الذَّنْۢبِ الَّذِىْ لَآ اَعْلَمُ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوْبِ وَ سَتَّارُ الْعُيُوْبِ و َغَفَّارُ الذُّنُوْبِ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللهِ الْعَلِىِِّ الْعَظِيْمِؕ I seek forgiveness from Allah, my Lord, from every sin I committed knowingly or unknowingly, secretly or openly, and I turn towards Him from the sin that I know and from the sin that I do not know. Certainly You, You the knower of the hidden things and the Concealer the mistakes and the Forgiver the sins. And no power and no strength except from Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.astaġhfiru-llāha rabbī min kulli thanbin athnabtuhu ʿamadan ʾaw k͟haṭāʾan sirran ʾaw ʿalāniyyataw wa atūbu ʾilayhi minal ḏhanbi-llaḏhī aʿlamu wa minal ḏhanbi-llaḏhī lā aʿlamu innaka ʾanta ʿallāmul-ġhuyūbi wa sattārul-ʿuyūbi wa ġhaffāru ḏhunūbi wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāhil-ʿalīyyil-ʿaẓīm.
6. Kalima Radde Kufr اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّیْٓ اَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ اَنْ اُشْرِكَ بِكَ شَيْئًا وَّاَنَآ اَعْلَمُ بِهٖ وَ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَآ اَعْلَمُ بِهٖ تُبْتُ عَنْهُ وَ تَبَرَّأْتُ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَ الشِّرْكِ وَ الْكِذْبِ وَ الْغِيْبَةِ وَ الْبِدْعَةِ وَ النَّمِيْمَةِ وَ الْفَوَاحِشِ وَ الْبُهْتَانِ وَ الْمَعَاصِىْ كُلِِّهَا وَ اَسْلَمْتُ وَ اَقُوْلُ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُوْلُ اللهِؕO Allah! I seek protection in You from that I should not join any partner with You and I have knowledge of it. I seek Your forgiveness from that which I do not know. I repent from it and I reject disbelief and joining partners with You and of falsehood and slandering and innovation in religion and tell-tales and evil deeds and the blame and the disobedience, all of them. I submit to Your will and I believe and I declare: There is none worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger.Allāhumma innī aʿūḏhu bika min an ušrika bika šayʾaw-wwa-anā aʿlamu bihi wa-staġhfiruka limā lā aʿlamu bihi tubtu ʿanhu wa tabarra'tu mina-l-kufri wa-š-širki wa-l-kiḏhbi wa-l-ġhībati wa-l-bidʿati wa-nnamīmati wa-l-fawāḥiši wa-l-buhtāni wa-l-maʿāṣī kullihā wa aslamtu wa aqūlu lā ilāha illā-llāhu Muḥammadu-r-rasūlu llāh.