All 5 Uses of
Allah
in
And The Mountains Echoed
- In the Name of Allah the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, I know that I will be gone when you read this letter, Mr. Markos, for when I gave it to you I requested that you not open it until after my death.†
Chpt 4 *Allah = Islamic way of referencing God
- I think to myself sometimes—God forgive me—I say to myself, maybe Allah should have let Roshi ....well, you understand.†
Chpt 5
- "Allah bless you, Sahib," the uncle calls out behind him.†
Chpt 5
- Roshi is wearing a blouse with little gold beads, an Allah necklace, lapis ear studs.†
Chpt 5
- Adel heard the clicking of a few cameras, voices crying out "Allah-u-akbar!"†
Chpt 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).