And the testimony...

And the testimony, ‘I witness that there is no god but Allah’ for the second time suggests: I testify that there is no guide except Allah and none can acquire guidance in religion except through Him. I take Allah as Witness that there is no deity but Him.

I take the inhabitants of the skies and the earth and everything in between them, among the angels, mankind, mountains, trees, wild animals, reptiles, in short, all existents of the world of creation, as witnesses, that I bear testimony that there is no creator except Allah.

Also, there is no sustainer, no deity, none who can harm, none who can benefit, none who can straighten things, none who can grant salvation, no bestower, no restrainer, no adviser, none who can cure, none who can advance matters or postpone them, except Allah the Almighty. Creation and command is only in His authority. All the goodness is only in His hands. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

And the announcement, ‘I witness that Muhammad (‘s) is the messenger of Allah’, means: I bear witness that certainly there is no god but Allah, Muhammad (‘s) is His slave, His messenger and His chosen one. He has sent him (‘s) for the guidance of the entire mankind and conveyed him the true religion. He will make his religion dominate all ideologies even if the polytheists detest it.

And I take all the messengers and prophets (peace be upon them) as witnesses, so also the angels and the entire mankind, residing in the heavens and the earth, that Muhammad (‘s) is the master of the first and the last. And the announcement, ‘I witness that Muhammad (‘s) is the messenger of Allah’, for the second time implies: I testify that everybody needs Allah, the One, the Subduer, the Needless from His servants, creatures and entire mankind.

I witness that Allah the Almighty sent Muhammad (‘s) as a giver of glad tidings, a warner, to invite them towards Allah with His permission and be a shining lamp for them. So, whoever denies or refutes him or does not believe in him (‘s), Allah (Mighty and Glorified be He) will throw him in hell fire, which shall be his eternal abode as he will never get respite from it.

The call, ‘Hasten for prayers’, indicates: Hurry for your best deed, to the invitation of your Lord, towards forgiveness and pardon of your God, to extinguish the fire that you have kindled and to free your neck from the shackles that you have cast around it.