World Crisis and the Pathway to Peace — Page 262
262 the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa or of the Promised Messiah as. aba ayyadahull a hu Ta‘ a l a bina s rihil-‘Az i z , meaning ‘may Allah the Almighty help him with his powerful support,’ is writ- ten after the name of the present Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khal i fatul- Mas ih V aba. In transliterating Arabic words we have adopted the following system established by the Royal Asiatic Society. ا at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a , i , u preced- ed by a very slight aspiration, like h in the English word honour. ث th , pronounced like th in the English word thing. ح h , a guttural aspirate, stronger than h. 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. ء ’, a sort of catch in the voice.