Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page xiv
xii GUIDANCE FOR PERCEIVING MINDS 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 Taʻāla binașrihil-Azīz, meaning 'may Allah the AlmightyhelphimwithHispowerful support, iswritten after the name of the present head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, Khalifatul- Masīh 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. ؟ ص - strongly articulated s. d - similar to the English th in this. ط - strongly articulated palatal t. ظ ع ? - strongly articulated z. '- a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear. gh - a sound similar to the French r in grasseye, and to the