# Quote — Leila Aboulela, The Kindness of Enemies

> Allah was inscribed on the blade. Malak read the Arabic aloud to me. (first lines)

- Author: [Leila Aboulela](https://www.leafyquotes.com/leila-aboulela.md)
- Book: [The Kindness of Enemies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/leila-aboulela/the-kindness-of-enemies.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/leila-aboulela/the-kindness-of-enemies/allah-was-inscribed

## More from this book

> ‘Your naibs are greedy. They need to be taught a lesson. Money is like grass. It withers...but our deeds last forever.' (p233)

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/leila-aboulela/the-kindness-of-enemies/your-naibs-are.md)

> As if reading his mind, Jamal-al-Din said, 'To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate." (p61)

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/leila-aboulela/the-kindness-of-enemies/as-if-reading.md)