The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page xiii
PUBLISHER'S NOTE xiii after the name of the present head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, Khalifatul- Masīḥ 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. 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. ; dh - pronounced like the English th in that. ؟ ص - strongly articulated s. ض d - similar to the English th in this. b - strongly articulated palatal t. جظ – strongly articulated z. ع '- a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear. غ gh a sound similar to the French r in grasseye, and to the German v. It requires the muscles of the throat to be in the 'gargling' position to pronounce it. ق q - a deep guttural k sound. a sort of catch in the voice.