The Absolutely Pure

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"The Absolutely Pure" is an English rendering of Al-Quddus, one of the 99 Names of Allah in Islam, emphasizing God's perfect holiness and complete freedom from any imperfection.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Absolutely Pure canonical 1
the Pure 1

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Divine name
Name of God in Islam
associatedWithConcept tanzih (God's transcendence above all defects)
belongsToTradition Shia Islam
Sufism
surface form: Sufi Islam

Sunni Islam
category Islamic devotional terminology
Islamic theology
contrastsWith any notion of imperfection in God
denotesAttribute freedom from imperfection
holiness
purity
describes God as absolutely free from all defects
God as absolutely free from all limitations
God as absolutely free from all needs
emphasizes God's complete freedom from any imperfection
God's perfect holiness
hasAlternativeEnglishRendering The Most Holy
surface form: The All-Holy

Holy One
surface form: The Holy One

The Most Holy
hasArabicForm ٱلْقُدُّوس
hasArabicTransliteration Al-Quddus
Al-Quddus
surface form: Al-Quddūs
honorificLanguage yes
isBasedOn Qur'anic descriptions of God's holiness
isEnglishRenderingOf Al-Quddus
isInvokedIn Islamic supplications (duʿāʾ)
Muslim prayers
dhikr (remembrance of God)
isOneOf Al-Asma ul-Husna
surface form: 99 Names of Allah
language English
refersTo Allah
relatedDoctrine God's moral purity
divine perfection
divine transcendence
usedInReligion Islam
usedToExpress affirmation of God's freedom from all flaws
reverence for God's purity

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Quddus meaning The Absolutely Pure
Ali al-Hadi otherTitleMeaning The Absolutely Pure
this entity surface form: the Pure