How Long to Read CALA V: the Pure Pearl - Ad-Durra An-Naqiya and Other Texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail

How Long Does it Take to Read CALA V: the Pure Pearl - Ad-Durra An-Naqiya and Other Texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read CALA V: the Pure Pearl - Ad-Durra An-Naqiya and Other Texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail by Wilferd Madelung

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Description

Four texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail at-Tamimi are presented here: The Pure Pearl (ad-Durra an-naqiya), The Pure Conduct of Life (as-Sira an-naqiya), A Poem Rhyming on the Letter M (Mim; al-Qasida al-Mimiya) and The Seven Planting-lots (al-Mabaqil as-saba'a) are all an editio princeps. These texts are published together with an English translation. The Pure Pearl and The Pure Conduct of Life are based on the same original text, representing however two different traditions or stemmas. For this reason, they are published separately. The next text, A Poem Rhyming on the Letter Mim is an explanation of these aforementioned two texts. By direct references to them, it further explains the theme of The Pure Pearl and The Pure Conduct of Life: the creation of a single pearl out of an egg. From the point of view of depth psychology this means the creation of the unified personality. Thus, these three texts belong together. The Seven Planting-Lots, the fourth treatise by the same author, focuses on the relationship of the seven planets to their corresponding metals on earth, all with regard to the alchemical work. Repeatedly we read that the first three texts were written at the end of Ibn Umail's life. As A Poem Rhyming on the Letter Mim came after having written The Pure Pearl - respectively The Pure Conduct of Life - this al-Qasida al-Mimiya is therefore most probably the last text of our author, written before he passed away. Thus, we may consider these three texts to be the last words of this outstanding master of the Art. They seem to be Ibn Umail's summa.

How long is CALA V: the Pure Pearl - Ad-Durra An-Naqiya and Other Texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail?

CALA V: the Pure Pearl - Ad-Durra An-Naqiya and Other Texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail by Wilferd Madelung is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read CALA V: the Pure Pearl - Ad-Durra An-Naqiya and Other Texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read CALA V: the Pure Pearl - Ad-Durra An-Naqiya and Other Texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail aloud.

What Reading Level is CALA V: the Pure Pearl - Ad-Durra An-Naqiya and Other Texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail?

CALA V: the Pure Pearl - Ad-Durra An-Naqiya and Other Texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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