ʿAbd al-Quddūs
عبد القدوس
Say it abd-ul-qud-DOOS
Servant of the Most Pure
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- q-d-s
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Abdulquddus, Abdul Quddus, Abdelkoddous
Meaning & source
Servant of al-Quddūs: al-Azharī (in Lisān) says al-Quddūs is the Pure, far above every fault and lack.
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قَالَ الأَزهري: لَمْ يَجِئْ فِي صِفَاتِ اللَّه تَعَالَى غَيْرُ القُدُّوس، وَهُوَ الطَاهِرُ المُنَزَّه عَنِ العُيوب والنَّقائص، وفُعُّول بِالضَّمِّ مِنْ أَبنية الْمُبَالَغَةِ، وَقَدْ تُفْتَحُ الْقَافُ وَلَيْسَ بِالْكَثِيرِ.
Who carried this name
- Abū al-Mughīrah ʿAbd al-Quddūs ibn al-Ḥajjāj of Ḥimṣ al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 58 (vol. 10, p. 223)