BASIC BELIEFS

I seek protection in Allaah from shaitaan, the cursed one.
In the name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, Most the Merciful.

THE FIRST KALIMAH

Kalimah Taiyyab - Declaration of Faith.

Laa ilaaha illallaahu Muhammadur-Rasulullaah.

There is no deity(worthy of worship) except Allaah. Muhammed (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) is the Rasul- Messenger of Allaah.

THE SECOND KALIMAH
Kalimah Shahaadat - Declaration of submission and evidence.

Ash hadu Allaah ilaaha illallaahu wa ash hadu anna Muhammedann abduhu wa Rasuluhu.

I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammed(S.A.W.) is His devotee and His Rasul- Messenger.

THE THIRD KALIMAH

Kalimah Tamjeed - Declaration of Allaah's Glory.

Subhaan Allaahi Walhamdu lillaahi, wa laa ilaaha illallaahu wallaahu Akbar, walaa haula walaa quwwata illaa billaa hil Aliyyil Azeem.

Glory be to Allaah and all Praise is due to Allaah. There is none worthy of worship except Allaah. Allaah is the Greatest. There is no Power and no Strength except with Allaah, the Most high, the Great.

THE FOURTH KALIMAH

Kalimah Tauheed - Declaration of the Oneness of Allaah.

Laa ilaaha illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu. Lahul Mulku walahul Hamdu yuhyi wayumeetu bi ya dihil khair, wahuwa alaa kulli shay in Qadeer.

There is none worthy of worship except Allaah, Who is alone and Who has no partner. To Him belongs the Kingdom and for Him is all Praise. He gives Life and causes Death. In His hands is all good and He has Power over everything.

THE FIFTH KALIMAH
Kalimah Raddi Kufr - Rejection of Atheism.

Allaahumma inni a uzu bika min an ushrika bika shay awwa anaa a'alamu bihi, wa astagh firuka limaalaa a'alamu bihi tubtu anhu wa tabarra'tu minal kufri wash-shirki wal ma aasi kulliha aslamtu wa aamantu, wa aqoolu laa ilaaha illallaahu Muhammedur-Rasulullaah.

O Allaah! I seek protection in You, that I do not join any partner with You knowingly. I seek Your forgiveness from that which I do not know. I repent from its ignorance. I free myself from disbelief and from joining partners with You and from lies and from all sins, I submit to Your will and I believe and declare that There is none worthy of worship except Allaah and Muhammed (S.A.W.) is the Rasul- Messenger of Allaah.

THE SIXTH KALIMAH.
Imaan-e-Mujmal - Concise Belief.

Aamantu billaahi kamaa huwa, bi asmaa ihi, wa sifaatihi, wa qabiltuhu jami a ahkaamihi.

I believe in Allaah, as He is, with His names and qualities, and I have accepted all His orders.

THE SEVENTH KALIMAH.
Imaan-e-Mufassal - Detailed Belief.

Aamantu billaahi wa malaa ikatihi, wa kutubihi wa Rusulihi wal yow mil aakhiri wal qadri khairihi wa sharrihi minallaahi Ta'aala wal ba' athi ba'dal maut.

I believe in Allaah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers, and in the Last Day(of judgement) and that the power of good and bad is from Allaah and in life after death (resurrection).

Source: Taleemu Deen / Mufti Afzal Hussain Elias