The Prophet

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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.

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1923

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Kahlil Gibran (Arabic: جبران خليل جبران) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer.
Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Mount Lebanon), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero.
He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again, especially in the 1960s counterculture.
Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu.

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April 17,2025
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Muhteşemmm!! Kısa ama dev kitap... 54 sayfanın içine hayat sığdırılmış resmen.
April 17,2025
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نمی دونستم چه حسی نسبت بهش دارم. بعضی جمله هاش انقدر خوب و آشنا یا خاص بود که حس می کردم سریع باید یک جا نگهشون دارم و اون لحظه واسم این کتاب عالی بود و بعضی جاها اصلا درکش نمی کردم و ارتباط برقرار نمی کردم
بهترین ریویو این کتاب به نظرم قسمتی از بهترین جملاتی هست که واقعا موندنی بودن


به راستی که غم و شادی توأم یکدیگرند
با هم می آیند و با هم می روند
و اگر یکی از آن دو در کنار سفره شما بنشیند، شگفت زده نشوید
و بدانید که یار دیگرش در بسترتان خفته است
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خانه شما کالبد بزرگ تر شماست
در گرمی خورشید رشد می کند و در آرامش شب می خوابد و خواب می بیند
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زیرا پدران و نیاکانتان به خاطر ترس از گمگشتگی تان، شما را در یک جا و در کنار هم جمع کردند
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شما با هم در یک کاروان به سوی خدای درونتان در حال حرکتید
شما راهید و شما رهروید
پس چون یکی از شما بر زمین افتد
برای آنان که پشت سر اویند عبرتی می شود
تا پایشان بر همان سنگ نلغزد
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از اینکه قوانینی برای خودتان می گذارید لذت می برید
اما چون آن ها را بشکنید بیشتر لذت می برید
شما همچون کودکانی هستید که در ساحل بازی می کنند
با دقت برج هایی بزرگ با شن و ماسه می سازند
آنگاه خنده کنان آن ها را ویران می کنند
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زیرا اندیشه همچون پرنده آسمانی است
در قفس الفاظ بال می گشاید اما نمی تواند پرواز کند


April 17,2025
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Now that I'm reading The Prophet again, words that I read twenty-seven years ago still ring clearly in my mind as I read them again today. It was a wonderful moment a few evenings ago to find myself reciting aloud and from memory passages that had struck me then--and now--to the very core. Kahlil Gibran spent a couple of years revising The Prophet. Since it is a short book, the concepts come across as distilled. The influences of his native Lebanon as well as his love for scripture, come through in the scriptural-like language. I am savoring this book slowly this time, taking little sips at a time.
April 17,2025
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It's the story of Almustafa, the Prophet, who is departing the city of Orphalese after a 12 year visit. But before he leaves, before he boards the ship that will return him to his homeland, he is asked by the residents of the city to enlighten them on a variety of subjects that deal with life and life's issues. You will find wisdom, compassion, love, friendship, teaching, and maybe best of all, beauty. This book is a virtual roadmap for how to live your life to complete fulfillment.
April 17,2025
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جبران في رائعته - النبي
لا يقدك لك رواية تغوص في أحداثها.. بل يقدم لك منهاجاً للحياة
يعانق روحك سابحاً في مفاهيم الحياة والحب والعطاء والخير من منتحى الزوايا للعائلة والزواج والأبناء وغيرها ختاماً بالموت
كلمات من ذهب خطت لتبقى شعلة على مدى الأيام
لنرجع إليها كلما استبد بنا الشوق للهيام في روح العالم وتعرف مقدساته..
بين كتاب ورفي وكتاب مسموع كنت بالفعل أهيم في سماء جبران ونبيه القدّيس..
April 17,2025
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“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair”

Beautiful language and inspiring messages.

“You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

You must be in a certain mindset to accept this as the poetry as it is intended. Gibran’s prose is sincere and his direction is to create a philosophical work of lasting beauty but this 1923 publication can be dated.

“Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”

April 17,2025
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دي مش هتبقي أول و أخر مرة أقراه, الكتاب مليان جدا و أعتقد انه صعب ان الواحد يدركه من أول مرة و لكني استمتعت بشكل كبير جدا بيه. فكرته فكرتني جدا بخطبة الوداع لسيدنا محمد (ص) , و ده مفسره ثروت عكاشة في المقدمة عن تأثر جبران بالانجيل و القرأن و النسخة الانجليزيه في أسلوبها الشعري و الرومانسي متأثر جدا بأسلوب ترجمة الانجيل , حتي الالفاظ المستخدمة شعرية انجليلة بشكل واضح.

ثروت عكاشة ابدع في الترجمة لم يجعلها ترجمة حرفية أو حتي ترجمة محترفية ناقلة فقط بالعكس أنا كنت احيانا بنسي انها ترجمة, أسلوبه الشعري و الفاظه في منتهي القوة و كأنه بيتحدي نص جبران نفسه.

المقدمة السابقة لكتاب النبي و هي من 104 صفحة قوية جدا و لكني انصح بقرأتها بعد الانتهاء من كتاب النبي نفسه.

" لقد اراد جبران بكتابه النبي ان يقدم لنا نفسه,و يقدم لنا مع نفسه صورة صحيحة للانسان الكامل الذي أسفرت
تجاربه عن ضرورة وجوده لاصلاح نفوس البشر. و بهذا المعيار نفسه يقوم جبران عمله"

" كتاب النبي هو الصورة المكتملة لجبران: تجاربه كلها فيه, و كذلك عواطفه و أماله وأحلامه و أراؤه وصوفيته و فلسفته و نظراته"

April 17,2025
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n  “Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror.”

― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
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