Irshad al-'Aql al-Salim ila Mazaya al-Qur'an al-Karim

A commentary on the Qur'an by Abu al-Su'ud Afandi, mufti of the Ottoman state, titled "Irshad al-Aql al-Salim ila Mazaya al-Quran al-Karim" (Guiding the Sound Mind to the Excellences of the Noble Qur'an). Abu al-Su'ud wrote it and then made a fair copy of it a year later; it became famous and its copies spread across the lands. ²

Hajji Khalifa reports that the great scholars received the book with acceptance for the soundness of its composition and the grace of its expression, so that its author was called "the orator of the commentators". He judges that no commentary written after the "Kashshaf" and the commentary of the judge (al-Baydawi) has reached the level of esteem and fame that this one has. ²

Shaykh Ahmad al-Rumi al-Iqhisari, who died in 1041 AH, wrote glosses on it. Radi al-Din ibn Yusuf al-Maqdisi wrote a large gloss, which he presented to Mawla Asad ibn Sa'd al-Din when he entered Jerusalem as a visitor. Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Husayni, known as Zirak-zada, explained its long preface. ²