Hazrat Zainab — Page 41
41 PUBLISHER’s NoTE The following abbreviations have been used. Readers are urged to recite the full salu- tations when reading the book: sa s allall a hu ‘alaihi wa sallam , meaning ‘may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,’ is written after the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. as ‘alaihis-sal a m , meaning ‘may peace be on him,’ is written after the name of Prophets other than the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. ra ra d iyall a hu ‘anhu/‘anh a /‘anhum , meaning ‘may Allah be pleased with him/ her/them,’ is written after the names of the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa or of the Promised Messiah as. In transliterating Arabic words we have adopted the following system established by the Royal Asiatic Society. ا at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a , i , u preceded by a very slight aspi- ration, 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. خ kh , pronounced like the Scotch ch in loch. ذ dh , pronounced like the English th in that.