Early Writings — Page 82
82 THE EARLY WRITINGS ra radiyallahu 'anhu/'anhā/'anhum, meaning 'may Allah be pleased with him/her/them, is written after the names of the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsas or of the Promised Messiahas. rta rahmatullah 'alaih/'alaihā/'alaihim, meaning 'may Allah shower His mercy upon him/her/them, is written after the names of those deceased pious Muslims who are not Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsas or of the Promised Messiahas. aba ayyadahullāhu binașrihil-Aziz, meaning Ta'ala 'may Allah the Almighty help him with His pow- erful support, is written after the name of the pres- ent head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, Khalifatul- Masih V. Readers are urged to recite the full salutations when reading the book. In general, we have adopted the following system estab- lished by the Royal Asiatic Society for our transliteration. 1 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. بح - a guttural aspirate, stronger than h. kh – pronounced like the Scottish ch in loch. ذ dh – pronounced like the English th in that.