All 23 Uses of
Quran
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
- But Mariam's favorite, other than Jalil of course, was Mullah Faizullah, the elderly village Koran tutor, its akhund.†
p. 16.1Koran = the sacred writings of Islam
- He came by once or twice a week from Gul Daman to teach Mariam the five daily namaz prayers and tutor her in Koran recitation, just as he had taught Nana when she'd been a little girl.†
p. 16.2
- Mullah Faizullah admitted to Mariam that, at times, he did not understand the meaning of the Koran's words.†
p. 17.1 *
- But remember, my girl, what the Koran says, 'Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He Who has power over all things, Who created death and life that He may try you.'†
p. 38.1
- The Koran speaks the truth, my girl.†
p. 38.2
- He showed her the Koran he had brought with him and opened it.†
p. 43.0
- You taught me every surrah and ayat in the Koran years ago.†
p. 43.1
- He passed her his Koran.†
p. 43.3
- She was taken to the room with the long, brown table, except now there was a bowl of sugar-coated almond candy in the middle of the table, a Koran, a green veil, and a mirror.†
p. 51.4
- Korans were kissed, passed under.†
p. 54.5Korans = copies of the sacred writings of Islam
- The lake had snatched him from Rasheed, swallowed him up, just as a whale had swallowed the boy's namesake prophet in the Koran.†
p. 85.1Koran = the sacred writings of Islam
- She remembered a verse from the Koran that Mullah Faizullah had taught her: And Allah is the East and the West, therefore wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose... She laid down her prayer rug and did namaz.†
p. 89.6
- From a cassette player, a man's nasal voice chanted verses from the Koran.†
p. 139.7
- Mariam remembered the day they'd buried Nana and how little comfort she had found when Mullah Faizullah had quoted the Koran for her.†
p. 202.8
- This is why the Holy Koran forbids sharab.†
p. 228.5
- The Koran says Allah is the East and the West, therefore wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose.†
p. 262.3
- Books, except the Koran, were burned in heaps, the stores that sold them closed down.†
p. 280.5
- It's in the Koran.†
p. 282.3
- Of late, with Laila's blessing, Mariam had started teaching Aziza verses from the Koran.†
p. 297.9
- He promised he would rededicate himself to the study of the Koran.†
p. 363.7
- Mariam's final thoughts were a few words from the Koran, which she muttered under her breath.†
p. 370.9
- There are tearful farewells with Sayeed as well For good luck, he holds a Koran by the doorway for Tariq, Laila, and the children to kiss three times, then holds it high so they can pass under it.†
p. 391.9
- Here, Laila can lay her cheek on the softness of Mariam's lap again, can feel Mariam swaying back and forth, reciting verses from the Koran, can feel the words vibrating down Mariam's body, to her knees, and into her own ears.†
p. 400.8
Definition:
Islam: the sacred writings of Islam said to be revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina