It reads 'La ila ha ill lall Laah ; Muhammad dar Rasulullah'.
This is the Declaration of Faith in Almighty Allah, God Most Merciful, Most Powerful who is The Lord above all of His Creation and attesting that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
The Kalimah Shahadah is in two parts. The first part is called 'Awwalul Kalimah' @ First part of the Declaration of Faith.
'La ila ha ill lall Laah' means 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah!'.
As a creation of Allah, we are obliged to show our gratitude to our Maker who is Allah the Almighty God.
Any Ahmad, Ah Seng or Samy can be taught to say ' La ila ha ill lall Laah' but it takes a Mukmin @ a Believer to understand the significance of such a declaration?
I can even go and teach anyone to utter the above phrase but it would mean nothing if the person I taught the Awwalul Kalima to just says it without knowing the meaning and attestations behind the very statement that might mean either Paradise or Hellfire to him or her?
All of us know that There is Only One God and logically speaking it would be preposterous for Allah to have a partner as many other faiths would have you believe?
In the Holy Qur'an Surah Muhammad Verse 19, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala lays down His Decree as :
19. FaiAAlam annahu la ilaha illa Allahu waistaghfir lithanbika walilmu/mineena waalmu/minati waAllahu yaAAlamu mutaqallabakum wamathwakum
19. Know, therefore, that there is no god but Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy fault, and for the men and women who believe: for Allah knows how ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes.
Now, we have to understand that Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam spent 13 long years in Makkah Al Mukarramah just to bring his fellow Arabs there to come to understand that 'There is only One God!'
13 years dear brothers and sisters! Not 13 minutes; not 13 hours or 13 days?
13 long years that our Holy Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam spent in his struggles to bring about the Qureisyi Arabs who were Kaffirs to testify and understand that they were wrong in worshipping the 360 idols that had been set up around the Holy Ka'abah instead of following the true faith of Islam that all the earlier prophets and messengers of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala had taught Mankind since the descent of our Father Saiyidina Adam Alaihis Salam from Jannatul Firdaus, the Highest Heaven of Allah Almighty God to Earth.
To those of you who would like to have an idea of how it was during the times of the Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam, I would like to recommend you to watch this historic movie produced by the late Moustapha Akkad called ' The Message'.