Masnawi Commentary which written by Ismail Rusuhi Ankaravi in the 17th century, has a special importance in Turkish literature. Ankaravi, with the commentary that he wrote to Masnawi, provided a better understanding of the work and reading by a large circles and at the same time he has taken the title of “Hazret-i Sharih”. The work of Ismail Rusuhi named Mecmuatu’l-Letayif and Matmuratu’l-Maarif is a Masnawi commentary which consisting of six volumes (the existence of the seventh volume of the work is controversial). Ankaravi wrote an extensive commentary by examining the works of her predecessors and tried to reflect the world of Sufî thought with this work. In doing so, he made use of many authors, works and sometimes sources that he did not mention their names and he supported him commentary with them. He also provided support for the thoughts or concepts that he explained with the quotations and references. In this study, folkloric, cultural elements and the sources used in the sixth volume of the work named Mecmuatu’l-Letâyif and Matmuratu’l- Maarif, which is the third complete commentary written by Ankaravi in the Anatolian area, have been tried to be examined. Also it has been investigated which sources the commentator cites and which sources he refers to and tried to determined the cultural and folcloric elements that he used.