The Reality of Khilafah — Page 196
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 196 jihad, Ramadan, and ummah. The Royal Asiatic Society’s rules of transliteration for names of persons, places, and other terms, are not followed throughout the book as many of the names contain non-Arabic characters and carry a local transliteration and pro- nunciation style. Acknowledgements We would like to express our gratitude to Reem Shraiky-Ikhlaf for translating the Arabic text into English, and Raja Atta-ul-Manan for translating the Urdu portions and reviewing the book. We are also grateful to Muhammad Ibrahim Ikhlaf, Mouhannad Shraiky, Syed Taalay Ahmed ( Shah i d ), Tooba Khokhar, Abdul Quddus Arif, Adam Walker, Qadhi Zafar Ahmad Bhatti, Syed Muhammad Tahir Nasser, Sabahat Ahmad Cheema, Bushra Shahid, Hassan Khan, Naser-ud-Din Shams, Mirza Abdul Wahab, and others for their contributions in their various capacities. May Allah Almighty reward them and their families for their efforts, and make this book a source of guidance for understanding the true significance of Khil a fah. A m i n.