It focuses on the spiritual "spirit" of the verses, using allegories and mystical anecdotes to explain Quranic meanings.

The author, Sheikh Ismail Haqqi al-Burusawi (1653–1725), was a polymath, poet, and a master of the . He was born in Aydos (modern-day Bulgaria) and later settled in Bursa, Turkey, where he served as a prominent imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque (Ulucami).