Gibran Khalil's the prophet review
The Prophet is a book that could serve as a fundamental element in soul’s enlightenment. It is a book that can lay the foundations of modern wisdom. It influenced and still influences people to wander within its pages like labyrinth that would lead them to a visionary insight, that is unprecedented. The book consists of poetic prose, where the author visits the temples of intangible aspects such as love, marriage, crime and punishment, religion, beauty and death. He also pours some wisdom in the readers’ minds about tangible aspects such as clothes and houses by the tongue of the main character Al Mustafa. Al Mustafa resided in the city of Orphalese for twelve years. When the time of departure came the people moved to plea to him to not leave them after he left an impression on the most valuable asset they have; their souls. He then stood and spoke his heart out about all what they asked him about before leaving. ...