The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Hardcover, 107 Pages, Published 1923, 91st Edition
$15.00 USD
ISBN-10: 0394404289
ISBN-13: 9780394404288
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Kahlil Gibran, poet, philosopher, and artist was born in Lebanon, in 1883, and received his primary education in Beruit before emigrating with his parents to Boston in 1895.
In 1899 he returned to Lebanon to continue his studies in Arabic before returning to Boston in 1903, around which time he met Mart Haskell, who would become his lifelong benefactor.
In 1912, he settled in New York City and devoted himself to writing (both in Arabic and English) and to painting. Gibran died in 1931.
In a remote, timeless place, a mysterious prophet walks the sands.
At the instant of his departure, he wishes to offer the people gifts but possesses nothing.
The people gather round, each asks a question of the heart, and the man’s wisdom is his gift.
It is Gibran’s gift to us as well, for Gibran’s prophet is rivalled in his wisdom only by the founders of the world’s great religions.
On the most basic topics, marriage, children, friendship, work, and pleasure, his words have a power and clarity that in another era would surely have provoked the description divinely inspired.
Free of dogma, free of power structures and metaphysics, consider these poetic, moving aphorisms a 20th-century supplement to all sacred traditions, as have millions of other readers.
Customer Reviews
Insightful Prose by Mary Seale (Northern Virginia, USA)
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“I first became aware of Kahlil Gibran when I read a poem of his that was on the menu at my favorite Lebanese restaurant. Ever since then, I have sought out his books. The Prophet is my favorite. Several of the “poems” or passages are fully relevant to parts of my life. The book makes one feel good and inspired to do good for others. There is barely an aspect on life that the poems do not touch on-love, marriage, death and all of our own insecurities and doubts about people and life. This would be a good book to give to a friend who is going through a rough time, or just has unanswered questions at a certain point in their lives. The writing is lucid, insightful, and will be relevant for as long as time goes on.The drawings add to an already great work. At my favorite Lebanese restaurant, I not only found good food-I thankfully found Kahlil Gibran.”
Simple Wisdom by Bruce Kendall (Southern Pines, NC)
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“This is one of the first (literary) books I recall reading. My mother kept a collection of Gibran’s works that she often read. I was curious to see what attracted her, so I looked into them too ( I was either eight or nine at the time). I believe that was my first taste of spirituality and seemed at the time more relevant than what I was being force-fed by nuns in catechism class. Rereading Gibran now, I’m struck by the notion that Hesse must have been aware of these texts before he wrote Siddhartha. They contain many of the same themes: No one else can guide you on your path. You must select your own course. Preachers and prophets are a dime a dozen. True wisdom comes from within.
The prophet’s teaching on love is particularly relevant to me at this stage of my life:
“For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. He threshes you to make you naked. He sifts you to free you from your husks. He grinds you to whiteness. He kneads you until you are pliant; And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God’s sacred feast.”
Look into these books. They may appear simplistic to the jaundiced eye, but they may also provide the inspiration you need to see you through life’s travails.”
Pure Wisdom by Kathy Adams (Houston, TX United States)
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“Gibran gets right down to the bedrock of what it is all about. He was obviously a very enlightened man, and The Prophet is so completely, psychologically and spiritually healthy. Anyone who would not consider this work a standard for healthy living, is simply simple-minded. This book should be offered to all high school students as a guide in gaining perspective on what is really important in life. I first read The Prophet about 10 years ago, and I typically read it about once a year, just to remind myself. However, I gave my copy to my son who showed signs of being “at risk” at age 17. I believe the book had a significant, positive impact on him, and he is now 20 and living a very responsible and balanced life. After my son had read this book, I found him on the telephone one evening reading passages to a friend. It made him think, and any time you can get a teenager to think, it’s a very good thing.”
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