Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) was an outstanding Lebanese and American writer, artist, philosopher and poet, author of the amazing book The Prophet, which made him the most popular Arab writer in the world. This short and at the same time large-scale work, created in the form of a parable, covers all the most important forms of human life and finds a way to the heart of every reader, regardless of age, nationality or religion. By creating a wonderfully beautiful poetic epic about the sermons of Almustafa, the prophet of the New Age, calling people to find spiritual freedom and higher harmony, Khalil Gibran secured literary immortality and fame as one of the greatest esoteric authors of the twentieth century.

"The Prophet" was written in English by the Lebanese Khalil Gibran and published in 1923. Its poetic wisdom and the spiritual universal message has made it a modern classic now translated to more than 40 languages.