It's time to explore the Masnavi

Understand Rumi's seminal work

Learn about Rumi's context

Understand Rumi's relationship to Shams, his mentor

Learn how Rumi mentored his disciples

Read the original Rumi

Move orientalist mistranslations out of the way

What You’ll Learn

  1. Introduction

  2. Introductions & Perception

  3. The Song of the Reed

  4. The King and the Slave Girl

  5. The Nafs

  6. Fate

Meet your teacher

Muhammad Ali Mojaradi

Instructor, Translator

Muhammad Ali Mojaradi is a New York-based teacher who studied Arabic in Jordan and Persian in Iran, his native homeland. His debut translation, "The Flame of Love: Rumi's 100 Most Passionate Poems," is distributed by Simon & Schuster.

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