This is a scholarly edition of Muḥammad AbÅ« al-SurÅ«r al-BakrÄ« al-á¹¢iddÄ«qÄ«âs Exegesis of SÅ«rat al-Fatḥ. Al-á¹¢iddÄ«qÄ« was a prominent Sufi scholar in Ottoman Egypt in the 16th century. The edition includes a biography and family history of its author. The book is based on a unique manuscript found in the Süleymaniye Library in Istanbul and represents a lesser-explored philosophical school of thought within Islam, which enjoyed the patronage and endorsement of the Ottoman caliphate of the time. It presents the original Arabic text and a commentary in Arabic, as well as an English introduction.
Saleem Abu Jaber, Ph.D. (2003), Tel Aviv University, Senior Lecturer, Head of the Department of Arabic at Achva Academic College. He published books and articles on Arabic literature and Islamic studies, including The Political Thought of Hasan al-Turabi (Peter Lang, 2021).