All 25 Uses
Allah
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
(Edited)
- Mullah Faizullah twirled the beads of his tasbeh rosary as they strolled, and, in his quivering voice, told Mariam stories of all the things he'd seen in his youth, like the two-headed snake he'd found in Iran, on Isfahan's Thirty-three Arch Bridge, or the watermelon he had split once outside the Blue Mosque in Mazar, to find the seeds forming the words Allah on one half, Akbar on the other.
p. 17.1Allah = Islamic way of referencing God
- Your mother, may Allah forgive her, was a troubled and unhappy woman, Mariam jo.
p. 43.5
- To herself, to you, and also to Allah.
p. 43.6
- He will forgive her, for He is all-forgiving, but Allah is saddened by what she did.
p. 43.6
- Around Ahmad's neck was a glittering Allah pendant.
p. 80.4
- 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
- ...wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose…
p. 89.7
- Allah was not spiteful.
p. 94.2
- "In the name of Allah and with Allah, and in the name of the messenger of Allah upon whom be the blessings and peace of Allah," she said under her breath as her shovel bit into the ground.
p. 96.4
- "In the name of Allah and with Allah, and in the name of the messenger of Allah upon whom be the blessings and peace of Allah," she said under her breath as her shovel bit into the ground.
p. 96.4
- "In the name of Allah and with Allah, and in the name of the messenger of Allah upon whom be the blessings and peace of Allah," she said under her breath as her shovel bit into the ground.
p. 96.4
- "In the name of Allah and with Allah, and in the name of the messenger of Allah upon whom be the blessings and peace of Allah," she said under her breath as her shovel bit into the ground.
p. 96.5
- Give sustenance, Allah.
p. 96.9
- A shiny Allah pendant around Ahmad's neck.
p. 121.4
- My wife, Nadia jan, Allah bless her, she begged me to see a doctor.
p. 205.6
- And I intend no disrespect when I say this, I want you to know, but I have certain… reservations… about the way your parents-Allah, forgive them and grant them a place in paradise-about their, well, their leniency with you.
p. 223.3
- The Koran says Allah is the East and the West, therefore wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose.
p. 262.3
- The Koran says Allah is the East and the West, therefore wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose.
p. 262.4
- Everywhere, there were shouts: Allah-u-akbar!
p. 275.7
- Allah-u-akbar.
p. 278.8
- They had chanted Allah-u-akbar with each blast, cheered each time the statues lost an arm or a leg in a crumbling cloud of dust.
p. 313.4
- Allah is good and kind, and Allah provides, and, as long He provides, I will see to it that Aziza is fed and clothed.
p. 318.7
- Allah is good and kind, and Allah provides, and, as long He provides, I will see to it that Aziza is fed and clothed.
p. 318.7
- Then, to finish off, they said Allah-u-akbar three times.
p. 356.1
- May Allah forgive you.
p. 366.8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(Allah) 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).
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)