| Sumario: | The article provides guidelines for the transliteration and spelling conventions of Arabic and Persian terms in English, focusing on the definite article "al-" and its assimilation rules depending on preceding prepositions. It lists commonly naturalized foreign words related to Islamic culture that are not italicized, such as Allah, Qur'an, and shariah, and outlines conventions for invocations following the names of the Prophet Muḥammad and other religious figures. The text also addresses capitalization rules for patronymics and kunyas, the use of hyphens to indicate prefixes and suffixes, and principles for indicating inflection in transliteration. Additionally, it notes that personal name spellings provided by individuals should be preserved rather than transliterated.
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