Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- Quduus
- Transliteration
- koo-DOOS
- Rejected alternatives
- nadiif (ritually/physically clean)
Holy
Quduus = set apart for God, morally pure; shared with the Arabic-loan divine attribute Al-Quddus. Nadiif carries physical/ritual-cleanliness connotations (closer to wadaraysi, ritual ablution) rather than moral holiness.