Taaha ( ar, طه) is the combination of two letters "
Ta" and "
Ha". It is the first verse of
surah Ta-Ha in the
Quran and one of the
mysterious letters
Mysterious may refer to:
* ''Mysterious'' (album), a 1988 album by Shizuka Kudō
* "Mysterious" (song), a 2005 song by Jentina
* "Mysterious", a song by Scorpions from the 1999 album ''Eye II Eye''
* Mysterious Walker (1884-1958), American baseb ...
; thus the meaning of name is unknown. According to
Islamic scholars
In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...
it is an
epithet
An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, di ...
of
Muhammad.
Given name
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Taha Akgül (born 1990), Turkish sport wrestler
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Taha Al-Abid, Palestinian poet
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Taha Csddcm (1914–1977), Turkish diplomat
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Taha Falaha, Syrian Islamist
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Taha Hussein
Taha Hussein (, ar, طه حسين; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Nahda, Egyptian Renaissance and the modernism, modernist movem ...
(1889-1973), Egyptian writer and intellectual
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Taha Malik, Pakistani-American record producer, musician, rapper and film score composer
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Taha Yassin Ramadan (1938-2007), former Iraqi vice-president
Surname
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Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha (died aged 88) was an Iraqi chess player and former president of the 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 Thessalon ...
, Iraqi chess player
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Mahmoud Taha
Mahmoud Taha ( ar, محمود طه) (born 1942) is a Jordanian artist, Pottery, potter and Ceramics (art), ceramicist noted for integrating calligraphy into his ceramics and is regarded as the leading ceramicist in the Arab world.
Life and caree ...
(born 1942), Jordanian artist
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Paolo Taha (born 1990), Filipino basketball player
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Rachid Taha (born 1958), Algerian singer
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Riad Taha
Riad Taha, ( ar, رياض طه) (1927 – 23 July 1980), was a Shia Lebanese people, Lebanese journalist and president of the Lebanese Publishers Association ( ar, نقابة الصحافة اللبنانية). He was assassinated when gunmen op ...
(1927-1980), Lebanese journalist and president of the Lebanese Publishers Association
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Walid Taha
Walid Yusuf Taha ( ar, وليد طه, he, וָולְיַד יוֹסֵף טָאהָא; born 7 September 1968) is an Israeli Arab politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List.
Biography
Born in Kafr Qasim, Taha gai ...
(born 1968), Israeli Arab politician
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Wasil Taha (born 1952), Arab member of the Knesset
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Yousef Taha (born 1988), Filipino basketball player
Places
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La Taha
La Taha, is a municipality in the Alpujarras region of the province of Granada, Spain. The modern municipality consists of three distinct villages, though several of these are themselves clusters of distinct settlements. It lies to the east of t ...
, municipality in the
Alpujarras region of the province of
Granada
Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...
,
Spain
See also
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Taha (disambiguation)
Taha may refer to:
* Ta-Ha, the 20th sura of the ''Qur'an''
* Taha (name)
Taaha ( ar, طه) is the combination of two letters " Ta" and " Ha". It is the first verse of surah Ta-Ha in the Quran and one of the mysterious letters; thus the meaning ...
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Yasin (name) Yassin ( ar, ياسين, ) is a surname and unisex given name of Arabic origin. The name comes from a chapter (surah) of the Quran called Ya-Sin. Variants are Yassin (name), Yassin, Yaseni, Yassine (name), Yassine, Yaseen, Jasin and Yacine (name), Y ...
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Arabic name
Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from the Arabic-speaking and also Muslim countries have not had given/ middle/family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout ...
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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names