Read the original Rumi

No more orientalist translations.

Access never-before-translated commentaries

Sufi teachers from Turkey, Iran, and South Asia will guide us.

Join a community of lovers

You’re not alone. We love Rumi as much as you.

Improve your Persian

The class is bi-lingual, but if you know Persian, you will improve.

Revive an Ottoman tradition

For centuries Ottoman citizens gathered to read the Masnavi very week.

Course curriculum

What we have covered so far

  1. Book 1, Class 1 - Introduction

  2. Book 1, Class 2 - Nay-Nama Reading

  3. Book 1, Class 3 - Nay-Nama Exegesis Part 1

  4. Book 1, Class 4 - Nay Nama Reading Part 2

  5. Book 1, Class 5 - Nay Nama Exegesis Part 2

  6. Book 1, Class 6 - King and the Slave Girl, Part 1

  • 129 lessons
  • 123.5 hours of video content

Meet your teacher

Muhammad Ali Mojaradi

Founder, Instructor, Translator

From Detroit, Michigan with roots in Tehran, Iran, Muhammad Ali (@sharghzadeh) founded Persian Poetics in 2018. He has been teaching classical Persian literature for four years. His first book, “The Flame of Love” (Simon & Schuster) is forthcoming.

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