يلقِّب البعض هذا الكتاب بإنجيل جبران. أعتقد أن هذا هو الوصف الأنسب لكتاب اقتبس كاتبه حروفه من نور سماوي.
ترجمة ثروت عكاشة جعلت النص العربي يبدو كأنه هو النص الأصلي الذي كُتب به الكتاب.

أحمد الديب
2008

تسجيل صوتي كامل ومفهرس للكتاب، على يوتيوب:
https://youtu.be/z4gMG3iUMmo
وعلى ساوندكلاود:
https://soundcloud.com/ahmadeddeeb/se...

the beauty of this book is beyond words, i am speechless

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran is basically a set of poetic essays written in the form of a story. It starts with Al-Mustafa, the prophet, who waited for 12 years in the City of Orphalese for his ship, which had come to take him to the place he belonged to. Before boarding the ship, sadness holds him and he thinks of the time he spent there and how the city was grateful to him and now that he is leaving behind all this, which makes him feel a bit uneasy. While he is off to leave, he is stopped by the people of the city and is questioned about life and worldly affairs. And he answers (or rather confuses) all their questions in a poetic manner before bidding a farewell.

This is supposed to be a self-help book, to enlighten people with truth of the elements of life and death and it did enlighten me. Enlightened me to not go with the flow, the hype and the opinion of majority of people! I’m bitterly disappointed by this epitome of absurdity this book had to share with us, intending to throw some light on the vital themes of life with forced, pretentious, and philosophical writing.

While reading, most of the things discussed here were quite familiar to me and I could resonate much with it. Then I realized most of the parts covered in here were part of a subject in our elementary school, called ‘Value of Education’ wherein we were taught about mannerism, etiquette, life lessons, etc. derived from religious texts of Quran, Bible and Bhagwad Geeta. (Yes, we had such a thing in school!).
There! I see, that’s what my friend, Nadira had pointed out while we were discussing this book after I finished reading, that this work is more or less copied from religious texts and presented with exquisite word play to cover up for the content.

Most of the essays started well-off with beautiful narration, comparing matters of life to the cosmos, good to listen to, some poetry, some word play. But then as I read further it started to not make sense at all. 9/10 things in here are well-known to anyone reading the book before-hand and then there are sentences flowing so melodiously that tries to trap the reader to not focus on where this is going, more of what I feel an attempt to hypnotize him/her with utter nonsense. (Gibran did succeed in doing this to majority of people reading his work)

Here are some of the quotes which you can keep as your WhatsApp/Facebook status to look cool and philosophical on the internet! (Unless, you want to be called an idiot)

“Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself, Love possesses not nor would it be possessed: For love is sufficient unto love.”
(I don’t know what he is taking about, but yes it’s poetic so I’m gonna assume it to be a form of Art and not comment about it)

“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.”
(Okay! So, I was actually not sad when my kitten died last year , it was just me hiding my inner joy with the tears I shed)

“When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.”
(And what about someone who doesn’t believe in God?)

“For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.”
(Yes, life and death are one… and The Earth is Flat!)

“God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips.”
(I had something blasphemous to say about this, but then I don’t want to get stoned to death by the religious! :P)

“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.”
“Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.”
(I wonder, what did he smoke when he wrote these lines..!)

“What is word knowledge but a shadow of wordless knowledge?”
(Okay! we are done here! This is mere bullshit!!)

I can go on and on but then this is not what I actually want to do right now! This book is full of all these kind of quotes which question you, rather than giving an unambiguous answer! Manipulating minds of the readers, to fall into the wordgasm which has nothing to offer but mere nonsensical words of wisdom! Plus, it has illustration by the author himself, in between the pages, to beautify the book maybe, that has nothing to do with the essays of wisdom & enlightenment! Is it some form of Art or some idiotic figures to divert the attentions of the readers? The author knows the best!

Irony is that this book has such a high rating on Goodreads ,I felt a bit awkward at my own-self for not liking it. But as I read some of the reviews, I found out that some didn’t get the supposed true meaning of it and want to read it a couple of times to truly understand it, yet a 5 star rating!! Kudos to that!

Its a modern day Gospel, to Guide the unguided
- thats what i believe anyway

Its like the meteor that hit the earths crust and shattered it in a million ways to rebuild its foundation from the star yet again, i cant say earth was happy but it was at peace for a long long time!!

It justifies what being a human is at the end,when prophet leaves its seed and how we can live and be at peace with ourself.

It touches topic too intimate with such magnificence and elegance shaping words like you would have explained if you knew them better yet gives you the liberty to follow your own thoughts rather provokes you to follow them, I still cant believe it was written by Kahlil Gibran: a man to whom the world have taken soo much from & lost most people he loved : to write something so calm and level headed like some sage.

Its a really short gospel(a three hour read at most), i encourage you to read it :p
so long
Adios

Last time, nearly a decade back, when I read this, I found it deeply spiritual and esoteric; this time around, quite surprisingly, practical.

كتاب النبي أو إنجيل جبران كما يحلو للكثيرين تسميته ، هو تجميعات فلسفية بقالب خطابي واعظ ، سكب فيه جبران عصارة تأملاته الذاتية و تفكّره العميق في الحياة و الإنسان معاّ ، جاءت كلماته بصورة قيّم و حكم يتلوها نبي اسمه المصطفى على مسامع أبناء قرية أورفاليس ، يلقنهم خلاصة تجربته الحياتية و يرشدهم للنور ناصحاّ مُحبّاّ في كل دروب الحياة ، من حب و عمل و زواج و صداقة وغيرها من روابط قائمة بين الإنسان والأشياء الكامنة في داخله وما حوله ..

النسخة التي قرأتها أتاحت لي التعرف على حروف جبران الملائكية في وجهها النقي الأصلي ، و من ثم التمتع بالترجمة المترفة لثروت عكاشة و التي كان لا بد من الإشادة برقيّ ألفاظها وجزالتها .

قرأتُ الكتاب وأنا لستُ بكامل حضوري الذهني ، لذا لا أجزم أنني تمكنتُ من الإحاطة بفلسفة جبران و روحه الصوفية ، و هو من قال عن كتابه : شغل هذا الكتاب الصغير كل حياتي ، كنت أريد أن أتأكد بشكل مطلق من أن كل كلمة كانت حقاّ أفضل ما أستطيع تقديمه . فأنّى لي أن أضع يدي على خلاصته من قراءة واحدة !! ، لذا لا بد لنا من جولة ثانية في قادم الأيام ..





إننا نحن الضاربون في الآفاق الساعين دائماً إلى أشدّ الطرق عزلة ، لا نستهلّ يوماً حيثُ انتهى بنا غيره ، ولا تطلعُ علينا الشمس حيث تركنا مغيبها ..

بل إنا لفي رحلة ، حتى وإن كانت الأرض مستغرقة في رَقدتها .

و ما نحن إلا بذور النبات المكين ، لا تتلقفنا الريح لتنثُرنا إلا عندما ننضج وتُفعم قلوبنا .

Πέντε αστέρια χάρισα απλόχερα στο αριστουργηματικό δημιούργημα ‘’Ο Προφήτης’’ του ποιητή και στοχαστή Kahlil Gibran. Aυτή η Βίβλος σοφίας και πνευματικότητας επικεντρώνεται στη σημασία της ανθρώπινης επικοινωνίας και καθολικής αγάπης. Ο Προφήτης του προσφέρει απαντήσεις σε καίρια ζητήματα που μας απασχολούν και θα μας απασχολούν. Επειδή ήταν και ζωγράφος έχει εικονογραφήσει ο ίδιος το βιβλίο με μυστικιστικά σχέδια για να έχουμε και άλεκτη επικοινωνία. Ένα αίσθημα πληρότητας με διαπέρασε μόλις τέλειωσα το βιβλίο. Υπάρχουν πολλά χωρία που υπογράμμισα και ξαναδιάβασα για να αφομοιώσω το περιεχόμενό τους.
''Το κακό είναι το καλό που βασανίζεται από την ίδια του την πείνα και δίψα. Όταν το καλό πεινά αναζητά τροφή ακόμα και στις σκοτεινές σπηλιές, κι όταν διψά πίνει ακόμα και από τα λιμνάζοντα ύδατα''.

A beautiful book that is almost dreamlike in scope...the kind of dream you have when you think that you have found a piece to the puzzle of life. But Gibran truly has found more than one piece of the puzzle...a book that will be your friend for the rest of your life.

لن تستطيع كلماتي وصف ما أحسست به عند قراءة هذه القيم والحكم لقد انتقلت إلي مكان مسالم أقرب إلى روضة غنّاءُ تشدو بها الطيور في وقت أقرب إلي الغروب الساحر مع شيخ سمح الوجه في جلباب وعمامة بيضاء واستمعت إلي صوته الرخيم الهاديء يتلو فيه خلاصة تجاربه الدنيوية في هيئة تعاليم للإنسان لأعرف أسرار الحياة في أبسط وأعقد الكلمات فيتغلغل في أعماق روحي البشرية ... لأتعلم عن الحب والصلاة و الزواج و العقل و الحرية و القانون و الرحمة و العقاب و الدين و الأخلاق و الحياة و الموت و اللذة و الألم و الجمال و الكرم ...
أعطاني عمرا فوق عمري وأعطاني حياة أخرى لأطيل النظر في كل المشاعر الإنسانية ...

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استمتعوا وتمتعوا بنقاء روحي لا مثيل له ...
دمتم قراء ... ❤❤❤

I had been wanting to read Gibran’s masterpiece for years. It has been in my library for who knows how long beckoning me. Published in 1923, this book has never been out of print and translated in over 100 languages. A prophet, who is returning home, imparts his wisdom of love, marriage, religion, laws, friendship, work, freedom, and much more. While deeply thoughtful and broad on topics of humanity and certain selections are inspirational, I found the writing archaic and too religious. I was not profoundly impacted as I expected. I rate 3.5 stars. Maybe I need to give it another chance some other time as this book is beloved by many.

Some favorites:

"And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."

"Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace."

تخيل أن الكتاب ده كان عام 1932!!
ولسه لحد دلوقتي اقتباساته حقيقية ومذهلة ومعاصرة لكل زمان ومكان ومهما كانت لغتك، لأن أصل الكتاب كان إنجليزي وتم ترجمته. ✨
أول قراءة لجبران خليل جبران وليست الأخيرة بإذن الله

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Cibranı okumak onu dinlemek anlamak bambaşka bir şey. Lübnan'lı yazarın bütün dünyaya mal olması o kadar ironik ki insanlar o kadar benimsediklerini sevdiklerini düşünselerde ne kadar az uygulayan , hayata geçiren var onun düşüncelerini.
Aynen İsa'ya inanmak gibi. İkibin yıldır İsa'ya inandığımızı söylememize rağmen ne kadar onun dediklerini yaşamımızda uyguluyoruz. Bildiğimiz klasik inkarcılarız aslında. Kitabı bu kadar benimsemem....