Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi (Arabic: أبو البركات النسفي‎), was an eminent Hanafi scholar, Qur'an exegete (mufassir), and a Maturidi theologian. He is perhaps best known for his Tafsir Madarik al-Tanzil wa Haqa'iq al-Ta'wil (Arabic: مدارك التنزيل وحقائق التأويل‎, lit. 'The Perceptions of Revelation and the Truths of Interpretation'). He successfully worked in different branches of Islamic studies such as tafsir, fiqh and kalam. For his contribution to Islamic sciences he was given an honorable title of "Hafiz al-Din" (Protector of the Religion). Some scholars ranked him as mujtahid in Hanafi fiqh.