Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page v
System of Transliteration This book uses the system of transliteration adopted by the Royal Asiatic Society. The same system has been adopted in the Five Volume Commentary and the Short Commentary of the Holy Qur’ a n published by the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at. 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. ” s , strongly articulated s. d , similar to the English th in “this. ” t , strongly articulated palatal t. z , 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.