This book is written by one of the most loved and known authors in the world. Khalil Gibran, he was born on June 6 1883 in Lebanon. He was a poet, author, philosopher, and painter. He wrote many books. Which are the eye of the prophet, the broken wings of the madman and etc. This book is one of his best books of him. He died on April 10, 1931. This book got published on 1923: This book was translated into twenty languages.

            The book is divided into seventy chapters. Like Dealing with life, mother, teaching and knowledge, love money as well death, and many more. The first chapter is dealing with life is a chapter about a man full of wisdom namely AL Mustafa who lived with the people of a small village the story began when he decided to leave his native place then they started to ask lots of questions about life.

            They asked about everything from love to pain, family to work, soon. Further, he views his personal experience that life is like an island lost in the ocean of solitude. An island where the mountains are our hopes and trees are our dreams. Sometimes, life is the name of suffering and facing difficulties which are part of our loneliness. After that when he was asked about his mother then he smiled and told her.

            The one without whom life is incomplete and whose company is most precious. Moreover, the most important chapter which I like the most is teaching and knowledge, because it is being said that before teaching others, firstly educate yourself. You should become an example instead of teaching them with words and knowledge always grows your roots and never sows them. According to the author, money and love are the same they kill the man slowly who keeps them.

            The most favorite lines from the book are that, when you love, you should not say, God, is in my heart rather say," I am in the heart of God" Nevertheless, it is a remarkable book that is all about the important questions about life to death. Life is the combination of sorrows, happiness, success, and failure whereas death is the ultimate part of life. Keep reading this book in every walk of your life because the more you read it you get more information. 

 

By: Yasir Shah

The writer is a student of the Ruzhn English Language Center

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