Al-Quds

Al-Quds (Arabic: القدس‎) is the Arabic name for the city of Jerusalem. It comes from the verb قدس (qádusa), which means "to be holy", "to be pure".

Al-Quds may also refer to:

• Al-Quds Index, the primary stock index of the Palestine Securities Exchange

In Journalism:

• Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Arabic newspaper based in London
• Al-Quds (newspaper), a Palestinian newspaper
• Hawliyat al-Quds, Arabic name for the Jerusalem Quarterly, a biannual journal published in Jerusalem

In Education:

• Al-Quds Open University, an open university with campuses across the Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates
• Al-Quds University, the Palestinian university in Jerusalem

In Islam:

• Hadith Qudsi, a sub-category of Hadith, the sayings of Mohammed
• Tafsir Qudsi, a form of Quranic commentary
• Al-Quds Mosque, in Hamburg, Germany
• Astan Quds Razavi, an organization administering the Imam Reza shrine and institutions
• Quds Force, a special unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

In Israeli–Palestinian conflict:

• Al-Quds rocket and Al Quds 3, rockets made by Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants
• Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
• International Day of Quds, a day commemorating Jerusalem

See also

• Qud (disambiguation)

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