Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page xi
X BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA aba ayyadahullahu Taʻālā binașrihil-Aziz, 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 Jama'at, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul- Masih Vaba In transliterating Arabic words we have adopted the following sys- tem established by the Royal Asiatic Society. ث 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. ح h, a guttural aspirate, stronger than b. kh, pronounced like the Scotch ch in loch. ص ذ dh, pronounced like the English th in that. ş, strongly articulated s. ضd similar to the English th in this. ط, strongly articulated palatal t. ظ ع 2, 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 mus- cles of the throat to be in the 'gargling' position whilst pronouncing it. قq, a deep guttural k sound. ء , a sort of catch in the voice.