Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- القديسون
- Transliteration
- al-qiddīsūn
- Rejected alternatives
- الأولياء
Saints
الأولياء (awliya’, ‘friends of God/saints’) carries strong Sufi devotional-veneration connotations (intercessory shrine saints) foreign to Romans 1:7’s sense of all believers set apart as holy. القديسون keeps the corporate, non-hierarchical NT sense.