Al-Quds (disambiguation)

Al-Quds (Template:Lang-ar) is the Arabic name for the city of Jerusalem. It is the short form of Template:Lang-ar: Beit al-Quds and comes from the verb قدس (qádusa), which means "to be holy", "to be pure".

Quds (Template:Lang-fa) is the Persian name for the city of Jerusalem.

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

In Organizations:

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 Mujahedin
Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
International Day of Quds, a day commemorating Jerusalem

See also