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232 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2013
'Allahu Akbar,' they observed [...] but since 'akbar' is a gradated form of the adjective, for which Grammarians have the technical word 'elative,' one ought rather to translate the Arabic thus: God is greater. He is always greater. Greater than our dreams and nightmares, greater than our worries; greater than all the terrible things that people do to each other. Greater than any end of the world. Greater than any stories that we could invent. 'Allahu akbar.'