A Review of the Debate between Batalavi and Chakrhalavi — Page x
X A REVIEW OF THE DEBATE BETWEEN BATĀLAVI AND CHAKRHĀLAVI ra radiyallahu 'anhu/anha/'anhum, meaning 'Allah be pleased with him/her/them, is written after the names of the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw or of the Promised Messiahas. rta rahmatullah 'alaihi/'alaiha/'alaihim, meaning 'Allah shower His mercy upon him/her/them, is written after the names of the deceased pious Muslims who are not Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw or of the Promised Messiahas. aba ayyadahullahu Taʻālā binașrihil-Azīz, 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 Community, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul-Masih Vaba. Readers are urged to recite the full salutations when reading the book. In general, we have adopted the following system established 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.