The Prophet

By: Kahlil Gibran

Narrated by: Riz Ahmed

Length: 1 hr and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Seminal poems for moments of mindfulness. 

First published in 1923 and never out of print, The Prophet has been translated into over 100 languages and read by millions of people around the world. On the face of it, a simple book of 26 poem fables sharing one man’s wisdom. But The Prophet is so much more than that. 

It has inspired people from John F Kennedy to The Beatles and became the '60s Bible of counterculture – all because of the timeless truths it shared. Each poem takes a different theme – pleasure, beauty, freedom, joy and sorrow – as the fictional Al Mustapha shares his thoughts and experiences as he prepares to travel back to his island home. Even on first listen, his words will seem achingly familiar, having soaked into our collective subconscious:

• Like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link
• Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed
• Let there be spaces in your togetherness
• You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thought
• It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked

This collection makes the perfect bedtime listen or walking companion as you take time out from the world to consider your own truths and experiences, guided by the wise words and gentle hand of Kahlil Gibran.

Public Domain (P)2021 Audible, Ltd

Riz Ahmed's Narraration Is So Moving!

I have read The Prophet in times past. Nevertheless, Riz Ahmed's narration invokes more intense images--as if I were there standing the sea shore myself. So moving. Thank you!

Wisdom that transcends time.

There is a reason this book has never been out of print. There is a reason this book has been a supplement for many religious text. There is a reason this book has been quoted by many throughout the ages. That reason is that the wisdom in these pages transcend time and culture.

Great listen !

Such wisdom and true spiritual content !
The Prophet is a must have in your library.

Pure Love!!!

Absolutely Beautiful! Just in time I needed this book. Will listen to it again. So much to learn and I felt every word, thank you !!!!!!

The Prophet

Brief and poetic. A little book to return to whenever you seek quick wisdom about one thing or another.

One forever

I truly will listen to his book from now on end. It’s so beautifully narrated and the content so valuable. A true life companion.

Beautiful

This book is absolutely beautiful and the narrator made it even more pleasant and beautiful.

One of the best books ever written, narrated terribly

This work has a profound depth of wisdom and beauty, but the narrator performs every word how one might perform Nietzsche. It doesn’t work.

His voice reeks of immaturity and conceit —dramatizes even the mundane.

Listen to the LibriVox version; it’s free and read by an older man whose cadence and timbre betray the requisite level of wisdom and understanding for a text of this caliber.

WOW!

Amazing! Brilliant! This book is so wise, enlightening, comforting, informative, complex, thorough, simple, etc. etc. All good things in this book. The narrator was great too. I would rate the book as "amazing", like 100 out of 100, and the narrator like 95 out of 100, which is still 5 stars from me, but not all 5 stars are alike. If you have given something a 5-star rating, you may want to take it back after reading this book. Nothing compares.

Insightful

I’m a world that takes little time to breathe and reflect on what is considered truths this book provided solitude and inspiration.

Stunning

This is an extraordinary work which I have read many times.

Listening to it being so beautifully read, has been an even more profound experience for me.

I can't recommend it enough.

A Gift

The Prophet. This book, narrated this way, has turned it into a life long companion. It's passages will embrace you and give you counsel when you need steering through difficult times, or simply to offer enlightenment on a dreary day.
The narrator is so soothing, so faithful. His intonation is perfection.

This is how it's done.

Thank you Riz Ahmed

Music for the soul.

I was ill, it was perfect peace to listen too, I dozed off inbetween but carried on when I awoke, will listen again sometime. It was not what I expected but, I enjoyed it anyway. I am new to his works and like what I hear very philosophical, It inspired me to write some thing I have been thinking about. JVR

One of the most enjoyable listening experiences

Will listen over and over again, the sort of book you’d like to buy for everyone you know

Good listen

I enjoyed this book , will listen again probably several times, as there is quite a lot to take in with a single listen.

Perfection

My fave book, so I'm biased anyway. I love Riz Ahmeds voice too, this is beautifully done.

some good nuggets of wisdom

Short listen, with some nice ideas and wisdom to impart but seems a little detached from reality and trys to be deep and mystical.

Wonderful!

I loved it to tears! It is a book everybody should read these troubled days!

Eternal returnity

Unbeginning unending beginnings and endings perpetually incomplete, perpetually indeterminate, perpetually uncertain in perpetual motion.
Love always.
Tom O'Rourke 1953....?

Sublime

I loved everything. I disliked nothing. It was read as it was written. These words have been waiting to be read by Riz Ahmed.