Le Proph癡te est un livre constitu矇 de 26 fables 矇crites dans une prose po矇tique en anglais par le po癡te et philosophe libano-am矇ricain Kahlil Gibran. Il a 矇t矇 publi矇 pour la premi癡re fois en 1923 et est l'oeuvre la plus c矇l癡bre de Khalil Gibran. Le Proph癡te a 矇t矇 traduit dans plus de 100 langues, en faisant un des livres les plus traduits dans l'histoire. Ses r矇矇ditions n'ont jamais cess矇.

Le r矇cit nous pr矇sente le proph癡te Almustafa, qui a attendu douze ann矇es qu'un navire vienne finalement le chercher, pour le ramener dans sa terre natale. Avant son d矇part, des habitants de la cit矇 d'Orphalese lui demandent une derni癡re fois de partager ses r矇flexions sur diff矇rent sujets ( Parle nous de... ). Le proph癡te prononce alors 26 sermons qui traitent de questions quotidiennes de la vie humaine, ? savoir l'amour, le mariage, les enfants, le don, la nourriture, le travail, la joie et la tristesse, la maison, les v礙tements, le commerce, le crime et le ch璽timent, les lois, la libert矇, la raison et la passion, la souffrance, la connaissance de soi, l'enseignement, l'amiti矇, la parole, le temps, le bien et le mal, la pri癡re, le plaisir, la beaut矇, la religion, et enfin la mort. Dans le chapitre final, Almustafa entrem礙le ? son discours de d矇part une r矇flexion sur le sens.

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The Prophet is a book of 26 fables written in English prose poetry by the Lebanese-American poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran. It was first published in 1923 and is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 100 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history. It has never been out of print.

The narrative introduces us to the Prophet Almustafa, who has waited twelve years for his ship, which will finally take him back to his homeland. Before leaving, some inhabitants of the city of Orphalese ask him to convey to them his insights on various topics for the last time ("Speak to us of..."). The Prophet relates 26 sermons that deal with basic questions of human life, such as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punish-ment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and finally death. In the final chapter, Almustafa interweaves a discussion about the question of meaning into his parting words.