A Gift for Baghdad — Page 123
PUBLISHER'S NOTE Please note that, in the preceding translation, any words given in parentheses () are the words of the Promised Messiahas. If any explanatory words or phrases are added by the translators for the purpose of clarification, they are put in square brackets [ ]. Footnotes given by the publisher are marked [Publisher]. References to the Holy Quran contain the name of the sūrah [i. e. chapter] followed by a chapter:verse citation, e. g. Sūrah al-Jumu'ah, 62:4, and count Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim ['In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful'] as the first verse in every chapter that begins with it. The following abbreviations have been used: علوس sas şallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam ) / صلعم / *( meaning 'may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is written after the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sas. as 'alaihis-salām ( / ), meaning 'peace be on him, is written after the names of Prophets other than the Holy Prophet Muhammad sas.