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How long does it take to read Mas̲navī?

Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī), Camille Adams Helminski, Kabir Helminski

Mas̲navī by Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī), Camille Adams Helminski, Kabir Helminski takes about 6 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 3 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1851. 330 pages, about 90,750 words.

13 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 5 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 3 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 47 minutes

The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Classical didactic poetry by Maulana Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, 1207-1273; includes commentary, an index of the glossary of verses, seven sermons by Maulana at his congregational meetings.

Subjects: Persian Sufi poetry, Islam, Sufi poetry, Persian, Philosophy, Eastern - General, Religion / Sufism

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