From Our Authors
Books and monographs by Laṭāʾif contributors, with guidelines for those who wish to publish with us.
The Shelf
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Faatima Uddin
Faatima Uddin · 2025
An essay-length monograph on the ethical and theological limits of statistical translation of the Qurʾān.
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Aaishah Lombard
Aaishah Lombard · 2025
A programmatic essay on reconstituting the curriculum of the Islamic sciences within the modern university.
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Tofael Nuruddin
Tofael Nuruddin · 2024
A close reading of qaṣd and niyyah in post-classical kalām, set in conversation with contemporary action theory.
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Rafiul Muntakim
Rafiul Muntakim · 2024
Six studies on the formation of legal attention in the classical uṣūl tradition.
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Syed Ahaz bin Atif
Syed Ahaz bin Atif · 2023
Reconstructs the Faṣl al-Maqāl within its juridical setting, recovering Ibn Rushd as a Mālikī qāḍī before a polemicist.
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Aaishah Lombard
Aaishah Lombard · 2022
What scholars wrote in the margins of their books, and what those silent annotations reveal about a culture of reading.
For Prospective Authors
Laṭāʾif Press publishes a small number of carefully edited books each year, in Arabic and English, across the Islamic sciences and adjacent humanities.
We publish original monographs, critical editions, translations, and essay collections in kalām, falsafah, fiqh and uṣūl, Qurʾānic and ḥadīth studies, Arabic literature, Islamic civilization, and the ethics of contemporary knowledge. Trade-style polemics and devotional manuals are outside our scope.
Send a proposal of 1,500–3,000 words including a synopsis, table of contents, intended audience, a sample chapter, and a short scholarly biography. Proposals from current Laṭāʾif contributors are reviewed on a rolling basis; first-time authors are reviewed twice yearly.
Accepted proposals enter a double-blind review with two specialist readers. We aim to return a decision within twelve weeks. Manuscripts that move forward receive a developmental edit before peer review of the full text.
All Arabic is transliterated following the Laṭāʾif house style (a variant of IJMES). Critical editions follow the conventions of the Centre for Manuscript Studies. Authors retain copyright; Laṭāʾif holds first publication rights for three years.
Send proposals and inquiries to press@lataif.review. Please put the words “Book Proposal” in the subject line, along with the working title.