Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- Orang kudus
- Transliteration
- OH-rahng KOO-doos
- Rejected alternatives
- wali (Sufi saints venerated at keramat sites in traditional Malay Islam)
Saints
Orang kudus = all believers corporately, set apart in Christ. Wali carries strong associations in traditional Malay Sufi practice with venerated holy figures whose graves (keramat) receive visits seeking blessing; this is a specially graced elite category, not the ordinary corporate sainthood of Romans 1:7.