About Ta-Ha Publishers
Ta-Ha Publishers was founded in London in 1980 by husband and wife team, Afsar Siddiqui and Dr Jamal-un-Nisa bint Rafai.
Having emigrated from the Indian subcontinent to the UK to study, Afsar was working as an illustrator in the advertising industry following a Fine Art degree from London, while Jamal-un-Nisa was a college lecturer following a doctorate in Zoology from Wales. Despite being successful in their own respective fields, they felt they could do more by working together and for the sake of Allah to further the message of Islam. So the idea was born in the late 70s to found an independent publishing house. It was called Ta-Ha Publishers on account of the role of Surah Ta-Ha in facilitating Caliph ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab’s coming into the fold of Islam.
The first small booklets were printed in 1980, illustrated by Afsar and typeset by hand, retailing for 50p. Dr Jamal-un-Nisa compiled a series of quiz books for children and later wrote the first word-by word English translation of six parts of the Qur’an. Since then, Ta-Ha has published over 250 titles on a range of subjects that are distributed all over the world, all under the directorship of Afsar and the editorial skills of Dr Jamal-un-Nisa. Their daughter, Abia, joined the company as General Editor after graduating with a doctorate in Chemical Engineering, thus making it a truly family business.
Dr Jamal-un-Nisa passed away in 2020, but Afsar and Abia still manage the business with a team of dedicated staff, holding true to those first founding principles of spreading high quality Islamic knowledge.
Our Vision
Our vision is a world in which people’s love of books and love of Allah are nurtured simultaneously.
Our Mission
Our mission is to increase the love of reading Islamic literature through publishing high quality books that guide, inspire and elevate people through their life journey.
Our Ethos
Love of books
We believe that books will always have a place in educating and empowering people to live their best lives no matter how popular other media may become. It is this love of books combined with wanting to work in Allah’s path that spurs us to do what we do. To this end, we donate thousands of books each year to schools and prisons, here in the UK and abroad.
Excellence
At every stage of book production, we strive for excellence through thorough editing, meticulous proofreading and pleasing design aesthetic to ensure that what you read is the best itcan be.
Collaboration
By working together with other Muslim organisations, other Islamic publishers and Muslim retailers do we hope that Islamic publishing innovates and increases its influence.
Heritage
We are proud to be one of the very first independent Islamic publishing houses in the UK, making our experience in the field unrivalled. Because we have been in this business for so long, we can afford to have a long term vision for our future generations. We can afford to concentrate on building long term relationships with customers and authors over chasing for short-term gains.
Authors
We are keen to nurture new authors and give them a voice. We strive to build a supportive environment where they can fulfil their creative potential.
FAQs
We accept submissions for Islamic books that you feel would fit with our backlist. Please send us your manuscript in PDF format with a brief summary about you to editor@tahapublishers.com. We will respond to you with a publication decision via email within two weeks of receipt, insha’Allah. Please note that we do not accept children’s books (except teens), poetry or fiction.
Please email support@tahapublishers.com with details of your business.
Please email support@tahapublishers.com with details of the book you wish to translate.
Please note that we do not publish translations; we can only help you secure the rights from
the copyright holder and you would be responsible for the foreign language publication.
We have a range of books but focus on social issues and translations of classical works.
Please email support@tahapublishers.com with the email you wish to send to the author and we will forward it. We do not give out author information.
Yes. Please contact support@tahapublishers.com for your request.
Written permission is required to reprint or reproduce material from Ta-Ha Publishers’
books. Please contact support@tahapublishers.com with your request.
You can buy all of our books on our website or on Amazon. However, we would prefer that
you purchase from your local retailer wherever you are able to as this helps your local small
Muslim business.