Abstract :The lessons, which were performed in Ramadan in the presence ofthe Ottoman sultans on the
exegesis ofthe Quran, were called Huzur-i Humâyûn Lessons. One ofthe good examples ofthese
lessons was the commentary on the 50th and 51th verses ofSurah al-Araf, which was presented by
al-Hajj Umar Lutfi Efendi in the presence ofthe Sultan Abdul-Hamid, the Second, in the month of
Ramadan in 1295 AH. After the presentation, thirty questions were directed to Umar Lutfi Efendi,
and nearly all of these questions were related to the nature of language of Qur’an. In this article,
tafseer lesson which took the 50th and the 51 st verses of Surah al-Araf as subject edited critically
with its presentation and discussion chapters. First chapter of this lesson that has been named
takrir (presentation) is in Ottoman Turkish. This part was written by the Latin alphabet. Second
chapter of this lesson that has been named munazara (discussion) is in Arabic. This part was
written by translating into Turkish. On the other hand, some sample photos from original
manuscripts were added to the article. The text published in this study was written on the basis of
the manucript’s copy from the Topkapi Palace Museum.