Taha is a male Arabic given name that some believe is another name for the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Muhammad

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. However, this is not true since there is a saying of Imam Malik - Ibnul- Qayyim: "The saying of the common people that Yaseen and TaHa are from the names of the Prophet is not correct, but rather they are letters like 'Alif Lam Meem', 'Ha Meem', 'Alif Lam Raa' and the like." The name is formed with two Arabic letters, 'Ta' and 'Ha.' It is also a chapter (sura 20) in the Qur'an. Taha name has no meaning its derived from the Quran.

Given name

• Taha Carim
  Taha Carim
  Taha Carim was a Turkish diplomat who held several high ranking posts in Turkish foreign service and was assassinated by Armenian terrorists from JCAG.-Biography:...
  
  , Turkish diplomat
• Taha Hussein (1889–1973), an Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar
• Taha Yassin Ramadan
  Taha Yassin Ramadan
  Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi was a prominent Iraqi Kurd, serving as Vice President of Iraq from March 1991 to the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003....
  
  , Iraqi politician
• Taha Yalçıner
  Taha Yalçiner
  Taha Yalçıner is a Turkish football player. He has been the midfielder of youth team of Fenerbahçe since 1997....
  
  , Turkish footballer
• Taha Khan,Pakistani Student

Surname

• Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha
  Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha
  Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha was an Iraqi chess player and former president of Iraqi Chess Federation.He represented the Iraqi national team in the Chess Olympiad on three occasions, 1972 in Skopje, 1974 in Nice and 1984 in Thessaloniki. In the 1972 Olympiad he played the top board for Iraq which...
  
  , an Iraqi chess player
• Mahmoud Taha
  Mahmoud Taha
  Mahmoud Taha is a Jordanian artist, potter and ceramicist who is credited for improving the writing and calligraphy skills of many students in Jordanian schools. He studied at Baghdad Academy of Fine Arts then went on to learn calligraphy at the hands of the renowned calligrapher Mohammad Al-Hafez...
  
  , a Jordanian artist
• Mahmoud Mohamed Taha
  Mahmoud Mohamed Taha
  Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, also known as Ustaz Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, was a Sudanese religious thinker, leader, and trained engineer. He was executed for apostasy at the age of 76 by regime of Gaafar Nimeiry....
  
   (1909–1985), a Sudanese political figure and theologian
• Mohammad Taha
  Mohammad Taha
  Mohammad Taha is a co-founding member of the Palestinian military group Hamas, who was arrested by the IDF in 2003. On May 5, 2004, after being held 14 months without trial, the 68-year-old Taha was released back to Gaza. His son, Ayman Taha, is a spokesman for Hamas in the Gaza Strip.-References:...
  
  , a co-founding member of the Palestinian military group Hamas
• Mohammed Taha (journalist) (died 2006), a Sudanese journalist and newspaper editor
• Rachid Taha
  Rachid Taha
  Rachid Taha is an Algerian singer and activist based in France who has been described as "sonically adventurous." His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock, electronic, punk and raï.-Early life:Taha was born in 1958 in Sig , Algeria, although a second source suggests he was...
  
   (born 1958), an Algerian and French musician
• Rihab Taha
  Rihab Taha
  Rihab Rashid Taha al-Azawi is an Iraqi microbiologist, dubbed Dr. Germ by United Nations weapons inspectors, who worked in Saddam Hussein's biological weapons program. A 1999 report commissioned by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Intelligence Agency named her as one of the...
  
   (born 1957), an English-educated Iraqi microbiologist who worked in Saddam Hussein's biological weapons program
• Wasil Taha
  Wasil Taha
  Wasil Taha is an Israeli-Arab politician and member of the Knesset for the Israeli Arab party, Balad.-Biography:Born in Kafr Kanna in 1952, Taha studied Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Haifa, receiving a BA....
  
   (born 1952), an Israeli Arab member of the Knesset

See also

• Taha (disambiguation)
• Arabic name
  Arabic name
  Long ago, Arabic names were based on a long naming system; most Arabs did not simply have given/middle/family names, but a full chain of names. This system was in use throughout the Arab world. Today however, Arabic names are similar in structure to those of Modern and Western names...
  
  
• Wikipedia pages beginning with "Taha"