Al-Quddūs
The Most Holy, The Pure
Root ق د س (q-d-s). Lane gives the root verb qadusa as ‘it was, or became, holy, or pure’. From the same root comes qudus, holiness, as in rūḥ al-qudus, the Holy Spirit (2:87). Muqaddas means holy or sanctified, and appears in 20:12. Nuqaddisu, ‘we sanctify’, is found in 2:30. In 59:23 Allah is named among ‘the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection’.
The root
ق د سq-d-s
Holiness and purity. Lane gives qadusa as 'it was, or became, holy, or pure'.
- قُدُسqudusholiness (rūḥ al-qudus, the Holy Spirit, 2:87)
- مُقَدَّسmuqaddasholy, sanctified (20:12)
- نُقَدِّسُnuqaddisuwe sanctify (2:30)
Pronunciation
الْقُدُّوسُ
al-qud-DOOS
In the Qur'an
هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
59:23 · Sahih International