The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam — Page xvi

xiv however the pronunciation is flat without the element of English diphthong. If in Urdu and Persian words 'e' is lengthened a bit more it is transliterated as 'ei' to be pronounced as 'ei' in 'feign' without the element of diphthong thus 'L' is transliterated as 'Kei'. For the nasal sound of 'n' we have used the symbol 'n'. Thus Urdu word '✓✓✓ is transliterated as 'mein'. * The consonants not included in the above list have the same phonetic value as in the principal languages of Europe. We have not transliterated most of Arabic, Urdu and Persian words which have become part of English language, provided they are generally known to English speaking people e. g. , Islam, Muslim and Quran** etc. C For quotes straight commas (straight quotes) are used to differentiate them from the curved commas used in the system of transliteration, for ε,' for S. Commas as punctuation marks are used according to the normal usage. Similarly for apostrophe normal usage is followed. Munir-ud-Din Shams Additional Wakil-ut-Tasnif 2010 * These transliterations are not included in the system of transliteration by Royal Asiatic Society. ** Concise Oxford Dictionary records Quran in three forms-Quran, Qur'an and Koran.