Message of Peace - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

vthe muscles of the throat to be in the garglingposition whilst pronouncing it.q, a deep guttural k sound.’ , a sort of catch in the voice.Short vowels are represented by ‘a’ for (like ‘u’ in ‘bud’);‘i’ for (like ‘i’ in ‘bid’); ‘u’ for (like ‘oo’ in ‘wood’); thelong vowels by ‘a’ for or (like ‘a’ in ‘father’); ‘i’ foror (like ‘ee’ in ‘deep’); ‘ai’ for (like ‘i’ in ‘site’);‘u’ for (like ‘oo’ in ‘root’): ‘au’ for, (resembling ‘ou’in ‘sound’).Please note that in transliterated words the letter ‘e’ is to bepronounced as in ‘prey’ which rhymes with ‘day’; however thepronunciation is flat without the element of English diphthong.If in Urdu and Persian words, letter ‘e’ is lengthened abit more it is transliterated as ‘ei’, to be pronounced as ‘ei’ in‘feign’ without the element of diphthong; thus is transliteratedas ‘Kei’.The consonants not included in the above list have thesame phonetic value as in the principal languages of Europe.The following abbreviations have been used. Readers areurged to recite the full salutations:saassal-lallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, meaning ‘may thepeace and blessings of Allah be upon him’ iswritten after the name of the Holy ProphetMuhammad sa .‘alaihis salam, meaning ‘peace be upon him’ iswritten after the names of Prophets other thanthe Holy Prophet Muhammad sa .