It takes the average reader 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Before Sufism by Christopher Melchert
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Christopher Melchert proposes to historicize Islamic renunciant piety (zuhd). As the conquest period wound down in the early eighth century c.e., renunciants set out to maintain the contempt of worldly comfort and loyalty to a greater cause that had characterized the community of Muslims in the seventh century. Instead of reckless endangerment on the battlefield, they cultivated intense fear of the Last Judgement to come. They spent nights weeping, reciting the Qur’an, and performing supererogatory ritual prayers. They stressed other-worldliness to the extent of minimizing good works in this...
Before Sufism by Christopher Melchert is 250 pages long, and a total of 62,500 words.
This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read Before Sufism aloud.
Before Sufism is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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