شَهَادَةٌ

[see 1:] Information of what one has witnessed, or seen or beheld with his eye: (IF, Mgh, L, Msb:) this is the primary signification: (L:) said to be a subst. from المُشَاهَدَةُ: (Msb:) declaration of what one knows: testimony, attestation, evidence, or witness: (L:) decisive information. (S, A, L, K.)

An oath: plural شَهَادَاتٌ: so in the Qur'an, 24:6 [and 8]. (TA.)

Martyrdom in the cause of God's religion. (S, K. [See شَهِيدٌ.])

Also i. q. مَشْهَدٌ as explained below: see the latter word.

[And it is used in the sense of مُشَاهَدٌ: thus,] عَالِمُ الغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ, in the Qur'an, 6:73 &c., means The Knower of what is unseen and of what is seen. (Jel.)