The Magnificent Services of The Just Imam, The Promised Messiah — Page ix
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ ix ] This book uses the following system of transliteration adopted by the Royal Asiatic Society. at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a , i , u pre- ceded 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. s , strongly articulated s. d , similar to the English th in this. t, strongly articulated palatal t. z , strongly articulated z. ‘, a strong guttural sound, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear. gh , a sound approached very nearly by r in the French grasseye and also the German r. It requires the muscles of the throat to be in the gargling position whilst pro- nouncing it. q , a deep guttural k sound. ’ , a sort of catch in the voice.