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Jalil
The village Koran tutor that teaches Mariam to recite the Koran and memorize the daily prayers. Mariam trusts and looks up to Mullah Faizullah. Though he cannot fully comfort her following Nana’s suicide, and though Mariam never sees him again after she leaves for Kabul, for the rest of the novel his teachings serve as a guide for her. She often calls upon what he has taught her as she endures further suffering.
Mullah Faizullah Quotes in A Thousand Splendid Suns
The A Thousand Splendid Suns quotes below are all either spoken by Mullah Faizullah or refer to Mullah Faizullah. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part III: Chapter 27
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The girl was looking back as if waiting for Mariam to pass on some morsel of wisdom, to say something encouraging. But what wisdom did Mariam have to offer? What encouragement? Mariam remembered the day they’d buried Nana and how little comfort she had found when Mullah Faizullah had quoted the Koran for her.
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Mullah Faizullah Quotes in A Thousand Splendid Suns
The A Thousand Splendid Suns quotes below are all either spoken by Mullah Faizullah or refer to Mullah Faizullah. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part III: Chapter 27
Quotes
The girl was looking back as if waiting for Mariam to pass on some morsel of wisdom, to say something encouraging. But what wisdom did Mariam have to offer? What encouragement? Mariam remembered the day they’d buried Nana and how little comfort she had found when Mullah Faizullah had quoted the Koran for her.
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