The Economic System of Islam — Page 142
142 S allall a hu ‘Alaihi Wa A lih i Wasallam (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny). The names of other Prophets as are followed by the symbol as , an abbreviation of ( / ) ‘ Alaihissal a m/ ‘ Alaihimussal a m (on whom be peace). The actual prayers have not generally been set out in full, but they should nevertheless, be understood as being repeated in full in each case. The symbol ra is used with the name of the Companions of the Holy Prophet sa and those of the Promised Messiah as. It is an abbreviation of ( / / ) Ra d iyall a hu ‘anhu/‘anh a /‘anhum (may Allah be pleased with him/with her/with them). We have used rh for ( ) Ra h imahull a hu Ta‘ a l a (may Allah’s blessing be on him). Finally, aa stands for ( ) Ayyadahull a hu Ta‘ a l a (may Allah, the Almighty help him). In transliterating Arabic words we have followed the following system adopted by the Royal Asiatic Society: ا at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a , i , u preceded by a very slight aspiration, like h in the English word hon- our. 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.