Touba and the Meaning of Night (Persian: طوبی و معنای شب) is a novel written by the Iranian novelist, Shahrnush Parsipur and originally published in Iran in 1989.

Written after the author had spent four years and seven months in prison, it is Parsipur's second novel and is a fictional account of a woman, Touba, living through the rapidly changing political environment of 20th century Iran.

Also, like Parsipur's other work, Touba and the Meaning of Night remains banned in Iran.

Initiated in desperation, the marriage causes Touba to fall into depression and eventually ends in a divorce.

After the divorce, Touba is left to raise their daughter on the dwindling allowance afforded by her former husband's diminishing dynasty.