All 20 Uses of
Allah
in
The Kite Runner
- The walls stood bare, save for a single tapestry with sewn-in beads forming the words Allah-u-akbar.
p. 6.6Allah = Islamic way of referencing God
- "In the name of Allah most beneficent, most merciful," the old fortune-teller whispers.
p. 74.1
- Allah, help him breathe!
p. 124.6
- A golden Allah rested on her chest, the chain burrowed under the skin tags and folds of her neck.
p. 148.2
- The biggest one, Allah forgive me, was that I was lonely.
p. 203.1
- I pray to Allah you never hear it.
p. 209.2
- Allah forgive me, I wouldn't even hold you.
p. 210.2
- Allah was kind to us, though.
p. 212.3
- I began to read: In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful, Amir agha, with my deepest respects, Farzana jan, Sohrab, and I pray that this latest letter finds you in good health and in the light of Allah's good graces.
p. 215.8
- ...and I pray that this latest letter finds you in good health and in the light of Allah's good graces.
p. 215.9
- The streets are full enough already of hungry orphans and every day I thank Allah that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.
p. 216.9
- Mostly, though, I dream of good things, and praise Allah for that.
p. 218.1
- May Allah be with you always.
p. 218.4 *
- Then the dogs feast and the day's boredom is broken at last and everyone says 'Allah-u-akbar!'
p. 248.4
- So I let him take one and leave the judging to Allah.
p. 257.6
- We are here today because the will of Allah and the word of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, are alive and well here in Afghanistan, our beloved homeland.
p. 270.4
- And I yelled 'Allah-u akbar' and he kicked me even harder and I started laughing.
p. 283.9
- That, and the gold Allah chain around his dark neck.
p. 287.7
- There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His messenger.
p. 346.1
- He says the boy had cut himself deeply and had lost a great deal of blood and my mouth begins to mutter that prayer again: La illaha il Allah, Muhammad u rasul ullah.
p. 348.7
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).