Name: The Prophet
Rating: 4.174812030075188 (266 reviews)
ISBN: 9781844835959

Kahlil Gibran

This book presents The Prophet and The Garden of the Prophet, together with selections from the writer?s other timeless philosophical and spiritual writings. With his upliftinginspirations Gibran, one of the most profound writers of all,presents eternal wisdom about human life and spirituality.

And, The Art of Peace

The Prophet

Khalil Gibran

The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf. It is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 108 different languages, making it one of the most translated books in history and it has never been out of print.The prophet, Al Mustafa, has lived in the city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.Though born a Maronite, Gibran was influenced not only by his own religion but also by Islam, and especially by the mysticism of the Sufis. His knowledge of Lebanon's bloody history, with its destructive factional struggles, strengthened his belief in the fundamental unity of religions, which his parents exemplified by welcoming people of various religions in their home.[8]: p55 Connections and parallels have also been made to William Blake's work, [9] as well as the theological ideas of Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson such as reincarnation and the Over-soul. Themes of influence in his work were Islamic/Arabic art, European Classicism (particularly Leonardo Da Vinci) and Romanticism (Blake and Auguste Rodin), the pre-Raphelite Brotherhood, and more modern symbolism and surrealism.[10]Gibran had a number of strong connections to the Bahá'í Faith starting around 1912. One of Gibran's acquaintances, Juliet Thompson, reported several anecdotes relating to Gibran. She recalled Gibran had met 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the leader of the religion, at the time of `Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West. Gibran was unable to sleep the night before meeting him in person to draw his portrait in April 1912 on the island of Manhattan.p253 Gibran later told Thompson that in 'Abdu'l-Bahá he had "seen the Unseen, and been filled." Gibran began work on the book The Prophet, in 1912 when "he got the first motif, for his Island God," whose "Prometheus exile shall be an Island one." In 1928, after the death of `Abdu'l-Bahá, at a viewing of a movie of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Gibran rose to talk and proclaimed in tears an exalted station of `Abdu'l-Bahá and left the event weeping still.

By Khalil Gibran

This book will definitely come in handy for those who are lost in their ways of life, and those who are longing for peace. This book provides great messages and is a good read. My criticism is that this book is extremely preachy and well, just preachy. Thats all is what this book is: preaching wisdom on your face.

If you wanna read this book to find peace, you'd love it. If you wanna read this as a literature book, I am afraid you'd enjoy it as much

Aarush Arora

This book will definitely come in handy for those who are lost in their ways of life, and those who are longing for peace. This book provides great messages and is a good read. My criticism is that this book is extremely preachy and well, just preachy. Thats all is what this book is: preaching wisdom on your face.

If you wanna read this book to find peace, you'd love it. If you wanna read this as a literature book, I am afraid you'd enjoy it as much

  Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.
 The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran’s musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.

Dani

martian1138

Are you touching grass LOL?

I thought this was way older. . . 

"Featuring twelve full-page drawings by Kahlil Gibran"--page 4 of Cover.

How is it possible for a book to capture all the words that might ever exist in this world? 

 feels like it’s ahead of its time, offering wisdom that resonates as much today as it did when it was first written. It’s one of those books I wish I could keep as a handbook—always close by, ready to offer its teachings whenever I need them. Every page feels like a small reminder that life should never be viewed from a single angle; there’s always more beneath the surface, a deeper truth to consider. The way Gibran reflects on these is like the seasons themselves (also as he has written): winter may enclose all things in its cold embrace, but the spring always arrives, reminding us of its blessings. It’s a book that gently nudges you to view the world from multiple perspectives, and it reminds you that the wisdom we seek is often right in front of us, waiting to be uncovered. That’s the feeling I get when reading it.

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How is it possible for a book to capture all the words that might ever exist in this world? The Prophet feels like it’s ahead of its time, offering wisdom that resonates as much today as it did when it was first written. It’s one of those books I wish I could keep as a handbook—always close by, ready to offer its teachings whenever I need them. Every page feels like a small reminder that life should never be viewed from a single angle; there’s always more beneath the surface, a deeper truth to consider. The way Gibran reflects on these is like the seasons themselves (also as he has written): winter may enclose all things in its cold embrace, but the spring always arrives, reminding us of its blessings. It’s a book that gently nudges you to view the world from multiple perspectives, and it reminds you that the wisdom we seek is often right in front of us, waiting to be uncovered. That’s the feeling I get when reading it.

Maureen

"To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the ocean by the frailty of its foam. To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconsistencies.”

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Finally finished this! My first book for 2022. The book is didactic in nature but it doesn't come off as forceful at all because of its lovely prose poetry. I loved Gibran's authorial voice—it still resonates with readers today despite this book being published in 1923. A timeless classic indeed.

Prakash Rajendran

One of those books you keep coming back to read again and again.

I didn't feel like i've read a book. Instead, it felt like listening to a close friend, reminding myself about everyday life.

annalyse! 

Mais que um livro, "O profeta" é uma maravilhosa viagem espiritual. Apresentando um conjunto de meditações sobre temas universais como o amor, a morte, a família e a esperança, este grande clássico já foi traduzido em mais de 40 idiomas e é um dos livros mais lidos e amados do século XX. É considerado a obra prima do escritor, artista, filósofo e místico libanês Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883-1931).

O Profeta

Sam Marxz

Silvia Lucchini

Gibran maestro di saggezza. Un libro che trasmette idee, valori, pone domande ma anche risposte: un viaggio introspettivo che consiglio. Ognuno può trovarci la propria via, oppure trovarne una totalmente nuova dalla quale ripartire. Molto interessanti le parti che riguardano l'amore, la casa e il lavoro.

Probabilmente è un libro che deve essere letto più volte per essere capito a pieno. Scrittura raffinata e dai tratti poetici.

Kaelin Sol

This book is a masterpiece filled with metaphorical poetry. It holds many wonderful insights. I received the Dutch translation as a gift. Funny thing is, the final chapter, written by the translator puts the reader's feet back on the ground. Yes, the book is a masterpiece, but the idea you may have of the spiritual American-Arabic writer may be different from who he was in reality. For example, Gibran lived in Boston since he was 12 and eventually left the world as an alcoholic. The translator, Désanne van Brederode, writes about her own life and her experience growing up in a new-age environment where the search for spirituality was colored by glimpses of hypocrisy. At the same time, she explains how true spirituality was found in corners where you would least expect it. This, in my opinion, was the most beautiful and eye-opening concluding chapter of any spiritual book I've read to date.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Julia Rivera

Gavin

One of the more pompous books I've ever read. Read Taleb's Bed of Procrustes instead; he's actually from a couple villages over.

The Prophet has been on the books my heart has treasured the most for decades. I read it twenty years ago and I kept coming back to read its chapters on love and marriage every now and then. To the point that some of the metaphors are fire-branded in me as the cypher to understand deep and wise relationships.

Nast

Translated into more than twenty languages, The Prophet, a treasury of counsel on human life, has given uplift and balm to millions around the world. Author Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, philosopher and artist, accompanies the work with his visionary drawings. Gibran's Prophet speaks, among many things, of eating and drinking, work and play, possessions, crime, and love and death - haunting words of wisdom in a masterpiece likely to be with us always.

Nour Bassiouny

Can definitely tell why it's a classic (thanks, Joseph Quinn!)

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Kareem ElBatrawy

إن الفلسفه هى تنشيط للفكر..و الشعر هو تنشيط للروح و الجمال..عندما يستطيع شخص ما ان يصل الى نتيجة الفكر الفلسفى تجاه الحياه ثم يغلفه بأعذب الكلمات و أروع الجمل فتلك هى قمة العبقريه و هذا ما ستجده فى هذا الكتاب،
ليس كل فصل او كل فقره فى ذلك الكتاب ستتوقف عندها للتأمل و التفكير بل كل جمله ستجعلك تسبح فى بحار الفكر و تتنقل بين جزره فى محاوله للبحث عن شاطىء روحك،
قد يوهمك عدد صفحاته القليله بأنه كتاب يسهل الانتهاء منه بسرعه و سهوله ولكن الحقيقه ان هذا الكتاب سيستغرق منك وقتا طويلا حتى تقرأه فقط، لكن لكى تستوعبه و تهضمه فستحتاج الى قرآته كثيرا و طويلا،
إن لم تكن مستعدا للتأمل و التفكير و البحث عن مفاتيح الحياه فلا تبدأ فى هذا الكتاب و اشغل نفسك بقراءة روايه مليئه بالأحداث المشوقه لكى تهرب من الواقع،

لمزيد من التوضيح ليس أكثر..النسخه التى قرأتها هى ترجمة "أنطونيوس بشير"

The Prophet And, The Art of Peace

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