The Conclusive Argument — Page 100
100 THE CONCLUSIVE ARGUMENT the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsas and the Promised Messiahas. rta rahmatullah 'alaihi/'alaihā/alaihim, meaning 'may Allah shower His mercy upon him/her/them, is written after the names of those deceased pious Muslims who are not Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsas or the Promised Messiahas. aba ayyadahullāhu Ta'ala binasrihil-Aziz, meaning 'may Allah the Almighty help him with His pow- erful support, is written after the name of the pres- ent head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, Khalifatul- Masīh V. Readers are urged to recite the full salutations when reading the book. In general, we have adopted the following system estab- lished by the Royal Asiatic Society for our transliteration. 1 at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a, i, u preceded by a very slight aspiration, like h in the English word honour. th – pronounced like th in the English word thing. بح - a guttural aspirate, stronger than h. kh – pronounced like the Scottish ch in loch. ذ dh – pronounced like the English th in that. ؟ ص - strongly articulated s. ضd – similar to the English th in this.