to the mostly secular Arabic term al-Quds أَلْقُدْس). Also the official Arabic name for Jerusalem used by the Israeli government. Ūsquf (أُسْقُف) Bishop (pl. أَسَاقِفَة), Archbishop (رَئِيسُ الْأَسَاقِفَة) Y Yasū‘ (يَسُوعَ) Christian Arabic version of the name of Jesus (as opposed to the Islamic Arabic term Isa عيسى) Yasū‘u l-Masīḥ (يَسُوعُ المسيح) Jesus Christ (literally "Jesus the Messiah") al-Jum‘atu l-Ḥazīna (أَلْجُمْعَةُ الْحَزيِنَة) Good Friday Popular usage (literally "Sad Friday") al-Jum‘atu l-‘Aẓīma (أَلْجُمْعَةُ الْعَظِيمَة) Good Friday Official usage (literally "Great Friday") Yahūḏā al-Isḫaryūṭī (يهوذا الإسخريوطي) Judas Iscariot Yuḥanna (يُوحَنَّا) Christian Arabic version of the name of John (as opposed to the Islamic Arabic term Yaḥya يَحْيَى) Z Zabūr (زَبُور) The Psalms, in Islam referred to as Zabur, a holy book revealed by God to David. The Christian term is Mazāmīr مزامير; singular mazmūr مزمور. See also Glossary of Islam Bible translations into Arabic External links Arabic Christian literature American Middle East Christians Congress Christian terminology Arabic words and phrases Christianity in the Arab world