Was Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Planted By The British? — Page viii
Was Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Planted by the British? viii freedom. The sermon was translated into English by Dr. Saleem-ur-Ra h m a n and revised by Arshad Ahmad i. Its final checking and editing was done by Mirz a Anas Ahmad M. A. M. Litt. ( OXON ). The name of Muhammad sa , the Holy Prophet of Islam, has been followed by the symbol sa , which is an abbreviation for the salutation S allall a hu ‘Alaihi Wasallam (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The names of other prophets and messengers are followed by the symbol as , an abbreviation for ‘ Alaihissal a m/ ‘ Alaihimussal a m (on whom be peace). The actual salutations have not generally been set out in full, but they should nevertheless, be understood as being repeated in full in each case. The symbol ra is used with the name of the Companions of the Holy Prophet sa and those of the Promised Messiah as. It stands for Ra di All a hu ‘anhu/‘anh a /‘anhum (May Allah be pleased with him/with her/with them). rh stands for Ra h imahull a hu Ta‘ a l a (may Allah’s blessing be on him). at stands for Ayyadahull a hu Ta‘ a l a (May Allah, the AlMighty help him). In transliterating Arabic words we have followed the following system adopted by the Royal Asiatic Society. ا at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a , i , u preceded by a very slight aspiration, like h in the English word 'honour'. ث th , pronounced like th in the English word 'thing'. ح h , a guttural aspirate, stronger than h.