The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page xiv
xii خ kh , pronounced like the Scotch ch in ‘loch’. ذ dh , pronounced like the English th in ‘that’. ص s , strongly articulated s. ض d , similar to the English th in ‘this’. ط t , strongly articulated palatal t. ظ z , strongly articulated z. ع ‘, a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear. غ gh , a sound approached very nearly in the r ‘ grasseye ’ in French, and in the German r. It requires the muscles of the throat to be in the ‘gargling’ position whilst pronouncing it. ق q , a deep guttural k sound. ئ ’, a sort of catch in the voice. Short vowels are represented by a for —— (like u in ‘bud’); i for —— (like i in ‘bid’); u for —— (like oo in ‘wood’); the long vowels by a for — ٖ — or آ (like a in ‘father’); i for ى —— or — ٖ — (like ee in ‘deep’); ai for ى —— (like i in ‘site’) ♦ ; u for و —— (like oo in ‘root’); au for و —— (resembling ou in ‘sound’). Please note that in transliterated words the letter ♦ In Arabic words like ﺷﻴﺦ (Shaikh) there is an element of diphthong which is missing when the word is pronounced in Urdu. [Publisher]