Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ta'if an ambaci shi a kaikaice a cikin Kur'ani a aya ta 31 na Surah 43. Annabin Islama, Muhammad, ya ziyarci garin a wani lokaci a farkon ƙarni na 7 kuma ƙabilar Banu Thaqif ta zauna a ciki kuma har yanzu zuriyarsu suna zaune a yau. A matsayin wani ɓangare na Hejaz, garin ya ga canjin iko da yawa a cikin tarihinsa, tare da na ƙarshe a lokacin mamayar Hejaz ta Saudiyya
a shekara ta 1925.