Both Uses of
Allah
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- The arrival of the worldrenowned headsman was greeted by a roar of acclamation from the huge concourse, the viceregal ladies waving their handkerchiefs in their excitement while the even more excitable foreign delegates cheered vociferously in a medley of cries, hoch, banzai, eljen, zivio, chinchin, polla kronia, hiphip, vive, Allah, amid which the ringing evviva of the delegate of the land of song (a high double F recalling those piercingly lovely notes with which the eunuch Catalani beglamoured our greatgreatgrandmothers) was easily distinguishable.†
Chpt 12Allah = Islamic way of referencing God
- May Allah the Excellent One your soul this night ever tremendously conserve.†
Chpt 14 *
Definition:
Islamic way of referencing God
"Allah" literally means "the God" who is said by Islamics to have 99 names such as "The Merciful" and "The Compassionate". Allah is a contraction of the words "al" (the) and "ilah" (God).