In his article on Creed for Brill’s Encyclopedia of Islam third edition Jon Hover writes:
One of the most influential Ḥanafī creeds is the ʿAqāʾid (“Articles of the creed”) of the Māturīdī theologian Najm al-Dīn al-Nasafī (d. 537/1142). This creed differs from earlier creeds in that it begins with epistemological and metaphysical claims typical of kalām theology before going on to the usual topics of God, prophecy, and eschatology. This interest in philosophical preliminaries becomes even more pronounced in later mediaeval creeds. Al-Nasafī’s creed has received numerous commentaries, including the Sharḥ (Commentary) of Saʿd al-Dīn al-Taftazānī (d. 793/1390), which became a standard textbook in the late mediaeval and modern Māturīdī-Ashʿarī kalām tradition and received in turn many super-commentaries.
Najm al-Dīn al-Nasafī, ʿAqāʾid, second creed in William Cureton (ed.), Pillar of the creed of the Sunnites (London 1843), trans. W. Montgomery Watt, Islamic creeds (Edinburgh 1994), 80–5