A wise and revitalizing handbook for the soul. One of the best-selling books of all time. Translated into more than fifty languages and among the best-selling books of all time, The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. In this inspirational guide, Al Mustafa the prophet delivers spiritual yet practical homilies on the work of living: beauty, truth, possessions, sorrow, joy, death and more. Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) was among the most important Arabic language writers of the twentieth century.