A Message of Peace — Page iv
iv MESSAGE OF PEACE Mirzā Masroor Ahmadaba, the present Head of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jama'at. Other members of the USA translation team who made valuable contributions to this revi- sion include Ahmad Tariq and 'Abdul Wahab Mirzā. May Allah bestow them the best reward for this. Amin. This book uses the following system of transliteration adopted by the Royal Asiatic Society. ث ح 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. h, a guttural aspirate, stronger than h. خ ذ ص ض ط ظ ع kh, pronounced like the Scotch ch in loch. dh, pronounced like the English th in that. ş, strongly articulated s. d, similar to the English th in this. t, strongly articulated palatal t. z, strongly articulated z. ', a strong guttural sound, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear. gh, a sound approached very nearly by r in the French grasseye and also the German r. It requires