Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- مقدس
- Transliteration
- muqaddas
- Rejected alternatives
- طاهر
Holy
Shares the ق-د-س root with al-Quds (Jerusalem) and al-Quddus (one of Allah’s names) - generally safe shared vocabulary. طاهر carries ritual-purity connotation (closer to wudu-style cleanliness) and is avoided in favor of the relational, set-apart-for-God sense.