This is a scholarly edition of Muḥammad Abū al-Surūr al-Bakrī al-Ṣiddīqī’s Exegesis of Sūrat al-Fatḥ. Al-Ṣiddīqī was a prominent Sufi scholar in Ottoman Egypt in the 16th century. The edition includes a biography and family history of its author. It 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. The publication presents 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).

This edition will appeal to readers interested in Sufi exegesis, Islamic philosophy in Ottoman Egypt, Arabic commentary traditions, and classical Qur’anic scholarship.