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The Grammar of Intention
Tofael Nuruddin
The Grammar of Intention
Tofael Nuruddin · 2024
A close reading of qaṣd and niyyah in post-classical kalām, set in conversation with contemporary action theory.
Laṭāʾif Press312 pp.
From Our Authors
Publications
Books and monographs by Laṭāʾif contributors, with guidelines for those who wish to publish with us.
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Books by Our Contributors
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Machines and the Word: On Translating the Inimitable
Faatima Uddin
Machines and the Word: On Translating the Inimitable
Faatima Uddin · 2025
An essay-length monograph on the ethical and theological limits of statistical translation of the Qurʾān.
Laṭāʾif Press184 pp.
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Ibn Rushd the Jurist
Syed Ahaz bin Atif
Ibn Rushd the Jurist
Syed Ahaz bin Atif · 2023
Reconstructs the Faṣl al-Maqāl within its juridical setting, recovering Ibn Rushd as a Mālikī qāḍī before a polemicist.
Dār al-Maghrib268 pp.
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An Instrument for Hearing: Studies in Uṣūl al-Fiqh
Rafiul Muntakim
An Instrument for Hearing: Studies in Uṣūl al-Fiqh
Rafiul Muntakim · 2024
Six studies on the formation of legal attention in the classical uṣūl tradition.
Zaytuna Editions240 pp.
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Marginalia: A History of Reading in the Mamlūk Era
Aaishah Lombard
Marginalia: A History of Reading in the Mamlūk Era
Aaishah Lombard · 2022
What scholars wrote in the margins of their books, and what those silent annotations reveal about a culture of reading.
Centre for Manuscript Studies356 pp.
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Teaching ʿIlm Whole
Aaishah Lombard
Teaching ʿIlm Whole
Aaishah Lombard · 2025
A programmatic essay on reconstituting the curriculum of the Islamic sciences within the modern university.
Laṭāʾif Press196 pp.
For Prospective Authors
Publishing With Laṭāʾif
Laṭāʾif Press publishes a small number of carefully edited books each year, in Arabic and English, across the Islamic sciences and adjacent humanities.
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Scope
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.
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Proposal
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.
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Review
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.
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Editorial Standards
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.
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Submit
Send proposals and inquiries to press@lataif.review. Please put the words “Book Proposal” in the subject line, along with the working title.