# Kaf-Dal-Sin — قدس (qds) > Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/qds - **Meaning:** To be pure, holy, spotless. Qudusun - purity, sanctity, holiness. Al quddus - the holy one, one above and opposite to all evil, replete with positive good. Muqaddas - sacred. An earthen or wooden pot. - **Derived forms:** قُدُّوس (2) · قُدُس (4) · مُقَدَّس (2) · مُقَدَّسَة (1) · نُقَدِّسُ (1) ## Verses containing this root ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 30 - **Form in this verse:** وَنُقَدِّسُ — wanuqaddisu · "and we sanctify" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense وَاِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنّ۪ي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْاَرْضِ خَل۪يفَةًۜ قَالُٓوا اَتَجْعَلُ ف۪يهَا مَنْ يُفْسِدُ ف۪يهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَٓاءَۚ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَۜ قَالَ اِنّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikatiinnee jaAAilun fee al-ardi khaleefatan qalooatajAAalu feeha man yufsidu feeha wayasfiku addimaawanahnu nusabbihu bihamdika wanuqaddisu lakaqala innee aAAlamu ma la taAAlamoon And when thy Lord said to the angels: “I am placing in the earth a successor,” they said: “Wilt Thou place therein one who will do harm therein, and shed blood, while we give glory with Thy praise and hallow Thee?” He said: “I know what you know not.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-30.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 87 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُدُسِ ۗ — l-qudusi · "the Holy Spirit" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ بِالرُّسُلِ وَاٰتَيْنَا ع۪يسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَاَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِۜ اَفَكُلَّمَا جَٓاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لَا تَهْوٰٓى اَنْفُسُكُمُ اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْۚ فَفَر۪يقاً كَذَّبْتُمْۘ وَفَر۪يقاً تَقْتُلُونَ Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba waqaffayna min baAAdihi birrusuliwaatayna AAeesa ibna maryama albayyinatiwaayyadnahu biroohi alqudusi afakullama jaakumrasoolun bima la tahwa anfusukumuistakbartum fafareeqan kaththabtum wafareeqan taqtuloon And We gave Moses the Writ, and sent the messengers after him. And We gave Jesus, son of Mary the clear signs, and strengthened him with the Spirit of Holiness. Is it not that whenever there came to you a messenger with what your souls desired not you waxed proud, and a faction you denied and a faction you killed? _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-87.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 253 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُدُسِ ۗ — l-qudusi · "[the] Holy" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍۢ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ كَلَّمَ اللّٰهُ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَاتٍۜ وَاٰتَيْنَا ع۪يسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَاَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا اقْتَتَلَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ وَلٰكِنِ اخْتَلَفُوا فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ كَفَرَۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا اقْتَتَلُوا وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُر۪يدُ۟ Tilka arrusulu faddalnabaAAdahum AAala baAAdin minhum man kallamaAllahu warafaAAa baAAdahum darajatin waataynaAAeesa ibna maryama albayyinati waayyadnahubiroohi alqudusi walaw shaa Allahu maiqtatala allatheena min baAAdihim min baAAdi ma jaat-humualbayyinatu walakini ikhtalafoo faminhum man amanawaminhum man kafara walaw shaa Allahu maiqtataloo walakinna Allaha yafAAalu mayureed Those messengers: We gave preference to some of them over others; among them were those to whom God spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, son of Mary the clear signs, and We strengthened him with the Spirit of Holiness. And had God willed, there would not have fought one another those after them after the clear signs had come to them; but they differed, and some of them believed, and some of them denied; and had God willed, they would not have fought one another; but God does what He wills. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-253.md_ ### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 21 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ — l-muqadasata · "the Holy" - **Grammar:** adjective · pattern of tef'il · passive · feminine · accusative case يَا قَوْمِ ادْخُلُوا الْاَرْضَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ الَّت۪ي كَتَبَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوا خَاسِر۪ينَ Ya qawmi odkhuloo al-ardaalmuqaddasata allatee kataba Allahu lakum walatartaddoo AAala adbarikum fatanqaliboo khasireen “O my people: enter the holy land which God has prescribed for you; and turn not back, for you will turn back as losers.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-21.md_ ### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 110 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُدُسِ — l-qudusi · "the Holy" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case اِذْ قَالَ اللّٰهُ يَا ع۪يسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ اذْكُرْ نِعْمَت۪ي عَلَيْكَ وَعَلٰى وَالِدَتِكَۢ اِذْ اَيَّدْتُكَ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلاًۚ وَاِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالتَّوْرٰيةَ وَالْاِنْج۪يلَۚ وَاِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ الطّ۪ينِ كَـهَيْـَٔةِ الطَّيْرِ بِاِذْن۪ي فَتَنْفُخُ ف۪يهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْراً بِاِذْن۪ي وَتُبْرِئُ الْاَكْمَهَ وَالْاَبْرَصَ بِاِذْن۪يۚ وَاِذْ تُخْرِجُ الْمَوْتٰى بِاِذْن۪يۚ وَاِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ عَنْكَ اِذْ جِئْتَهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌ Ith qala Allahu yaAAeesa ibna maryama othkur niAAmatee AAalaykawaAAala walidatika ith ayyadtuka biroohialqudusi tukallimu annasa fee almahdi wakahlanwa-ith AAallamtuka alkitaba walhikmatawattawrata wal-injeela wa-ithtakhluqu mina atteeni kahay-ati attayribi-ithnee fatanfukhu feeha fatakoonu tayranbi-ithnee watubri-o al-akmaha wal-abrasabi-ithnee wa-ith tukhriju almawta bi-ithneewa-ith kafaftu banee isra-eela AAanka ithji/tahum bilbayyinati faqala allatheenakafaroo minhum in hatha illa sihrun mubeen (When God will say: “O Jesus, son of Mary: remember thou My favour to thee and to thy mother: when I strengthened thee with the Spirit of Holiness, thou speaking to men in the cradle and in maturity; and when I taught thee the Writ and wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel; and when thou didst create of clay the likeness of a bird by My leave, and blewest into it and it became a bird by My leave, and thou didst heal the blind and the leper by My leave; and when thou broughtest forth the dead by My leave; and when I restrained the children of Israel from thee when thou camest to them with clear signs”; then those who ignored warning among them said: “This is only obvious sorcery”; _https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-110.md_ ### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 102 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُدُسِ — l-qudusi · "the Holy Spirit" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case قُلْ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَهُدًى وَبُشْرٰى لِلْمُسْلِم۪ينَ Qul nazzalahu roohu alqudusi minrabbika bilhaqqi liyuthabbita allatheena amanoowahudan wabushra lilmuslimeen Say thou: “The Spirit of Holiness brought it down from thy Lord in truth, that it might strengthen those who heed warning, and as guidance and glad tidings for those submitting.” _https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-102.md_ ### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 12 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ — l-muqadasi · "the sacred" - **Grammar:** adjective · pattern of tef'il · passive · masculine · genitive case اِنّ۪ٓي اَنَا۬ رَبُّكَ فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَۚ اِنَّكَ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًىۜ Innee ana rabbuka fakhlaAAnaAAlayka innaka bilwadi almuqaddasi tuwa “I am thy Lord; so remove thou thy sandals; thou art in the sacred valley of Ṭuwa. _https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-12.md_ ### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 23 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُدُّوسُ — l-qudūsu · "the Holy One" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case هُوَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ اَلْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَز۪يزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُۜ سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ Huwa Allahu allathee lailaha illa huwa almaliku alquddoosu assalamualmu/minu almuhayminu alAAazeezu aljabbaru almutakabbirusubhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoon He is God. There is no god save He — the King, the Holy, the Perfect, the Faithful, the Determiner of Truth, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Supreme. Glory be to God above that to which they ascribe a partnership! _https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-23.md_ ### 62. Surah Al-Jumu'ah, Verse 1 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُدُّوسِ — l-qudūsi · "the Holy" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case يُسَبِّـحُ لِلّٰهِ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ الْعَز۪يزِ الْحَك۪يمِ Yusabbihu lillahi ma feeassamawati wama fee al-ardialmaliki alquddoosi alAAazeezi alhakeem What is in the heavens and what is in the earth gives glory to God, the King, the Holy, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. _https://quran.so/surah-al-jumuah/verse-1.md_ ### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 16 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ — l-muqadasi · "the sacred" - **Grammar:** adjective · pattern of tef'il · passive · masculine · genitive case اِذْ نَادٰيهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًىۚ Ith nadahu rabbuhu bilwadialmuqaddasi tuwa When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwa: _https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-16.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-15 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.