The Victory of Islam — Page 78
78 The consonants not included in the above list have the same phonetic value as in the principal languages of Europe. As noted above, the single quotation mark ‘ is used for transliterating ع which is distinct from the apostrophe ’ used for ء. We have not transliterated some Arabic words which have become part of English language, e. g. Islam, Quran, Mahdi, jihad, Ramadan, and ummah. The Royal Asiatic Society’s rules of trans - literation 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 This is a new translation of Fat h -e-Isl a m. Dr. Khalil Mahmood Malik prepared the initial English translation of this book with the help of Naser-ud-Din Shams. Naveed Ahmed Malik, Sabahat Ahmad Cheema, and Mirza Abdul Wahab then finalized the book for publication. Rubina Nasser also made valuable contri - butions. May Allah the Almighty reward them all for their efforts.