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It is by Kahilil Gibran I think I could be wrong

2006-12-07 07:07:12 · 11 answers · asked by babygirl 4 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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It is a spiritual book. One of the best books anyone on the path of enlightenment could read, Christian or otherwise.

2006-12-07 07:09:32 · answer #1 · answered by PieOPah 2 · 1 0

As the writers above said, some eloquently and others, not so much, The Prophet, was an accumulation of wisdom from many religions but does not belong to any one organized religion but is more of a spiritual awakening that Gibran had and put into words. His writings concerning marriage and children was so "on point" . I first read this as a younger woman and, at 75 now and having been married nearly 56 years with one son, I can relate more to those poems. We do not own each other even though our lives are intertwined.

2015-04-25 08:56:33 · answer #2 · answered by Nina 1 · 0 0

Kahlil Gibran was born in multicultural, multireligious Lebanon, into a Maronite Christian family. So he was not a Muslim, but "The Prophet" is not a Christian book either. Gibran was influenced by Christian mysticism, but probably by Muslim mysticism as well - and by European symbolism, Jungian philosophy, the Bahai Faith movement and more... So he was a man of many traditions, many cultures and many inspirations. Maybe that is why both Christians and Muslims and spiritually oriented people of no specific faith can take "The Prophet" to their hearts.

2006-12-07 07:36:23 · answer #3 · answered by AskAsk 5 · 0 0

For Clarkie: - Khalil Gibran was a Maronite Christian (a branch of the Roman Catholic church). The book is about spirituality and is not a Christian book per se.

For mohd w:- It has nothing to do with Islam, the author is a member of the Roman Catholic church as I mentioned above.

2006-12-07 07:30:29 · answer #4 · answered by A Person 5 · 0 0

The book was beyond our concept of religion. To say it was a Christian book would be to ignore many of the self-righteous 'christians' running around and look at the essence of the religion. If thats the case that essence is shared by more than 3 major religions, much more.


why assume the dude is/was christian or muslim, what he say:
"And he to whom worshipping is a window, to open but also to shut, has not yet visited the house of hus soul whose windows are from dawn to dawn."

2006-12-07 07:16:31 · answer #5 · answered by Snap J 2 · 0 0

I'm guessing that Kahlil Gibran was a Muslim, so I'd say no, its not meant to be a christian book per se.

2006-12-07 07:09:47 · answer #6 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 0 1

"His power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life else it could not have been so universal and so potent, but the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were all his own." -- Claude Bragdon

2006-12-07 09:00:35 · answer #7 · answered by john h 3 · 0 0

I don't think so, i think it transcends our idea of a specific religion. I would also describe it as a spirtitual book.

2006-12-07 07:50:35 · answer #8 · answered by paula m 2 · 0 0

I've never thought so, but I've never read the entire thing, just snippets.

2006-12-07 07:09:35 · answer #9 · answered by jplrvflyer 5 · 0 0

no i don't think that it is. Well when i read it it didn't come off that way to me.

2006-12-07 07:52:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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