Tasnif Style Guide — Page 1
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful Chapter 1 GETTING STARTED Background This (TSG) has been prepared by Additional Wakalat-e-Tasnif under the guidance and instruction of Ḥaḍrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul-Masiḥ V, may Allah the Almighty help him with His powerful support. Its purpose is to promote consistency and quality in the publications issued by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. It is a quick reference guide for all authors, editors, and translators in matters pertaining to style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. As a whole, this body of work consists of the minimum pub- lication standards of the Community that were established by the Committee, which is an international team composed of members representing various departments in the Community. They adopted The Oxford Guide to Style (2002) and The New Oxford Style Manual (2016) as the Community's general standard for writing, reviewing, and translating. The guidance in