Unisex, used for girls and boys · Arabic (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Muqaddas
مقدسSay it mu-QAD-das
- Meaning
- Hallowed, sanctified, holy; purified, blessed Lane, p. 2497
- Say it
- mu-QAD-das
- Written
- مقدس
- Other spellings
- Muqaddasa, Mukaddas
Muqaddas
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Muqaddas meaning
Muqaddas (مقدس) is a Muslim unisex name of Arabic origin (Urdu usage), used for both girls and boys.
Hallowed, sanctified, holy; purified, blessed
Muqaddas (مقدس) is the Arabic muqaddas, "made holy", from the root q-d-s, "to be pure or holy". Lane's lexicon defines it as hallowed, sanctified, consecrated, purified and blessed, and explains that Bayt al-Maqdis, Jerusalem, takes its name from the same root. The Quran speaks of "the holy land" (5:21) and of Moses at "the sacred valley of Tuwa" (20:12). In Urdu muqaddas is the everyday word for holy, as in muqaddas maqāmāt, "holy places". Name lists give the meaning as "sacred" or "holy". Some scholars advise against it as a personal name.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, p. 2497 · entry muqaddas (مُقَدَّسٌ), root q-d-s · See the entry
In the Quran: 20:12 (al-muqaddas (ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ)) · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, muqaddas, root q-d-s, p. 2497 · Quran 5:21 (quran.com) · Quran 20:12 (quran.com)
Spellings
Muqaddas · Muqaddasa · Mukaddas