Star of the Empress — Page 20
20 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa or of the Promised Messiah as. aba ayyadahullahu Taālā binașrihil Aziz, meaning 'may Allah the Almighty help him with his powerful support' is written after the name of the present Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifātul-Masīh Vaba. In transliterating Arabic words we have followed the following system adopted by the Royal Asiatic Society. د ص 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. kh, pronounced like the Scotch ch in 'loch'. dh, pronounced like the English th in 'that'. ş, strongly articulated s. ضd similar to the English th in 'this'. ط ظ ع t, strongly articulated palatal t. 2, strongly articulated z. ', a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear. 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. قq, a deep guttural k sound.