Grown-ups need to learn this attitude from children. Read On Children of The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. Prophet Muhammad's Love for Children. Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said: “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”. Gibran draws a beautiful analogy here by calling parents ‘bows’ and children ‘arrows.’. Sharing culture! Parents take credit for giving birth to children, but parents are only a ‘medium’ through which life expresses itself. And so on life moves forward. Humans are a product of this universe and natural forces at play. You may give them your love but not your thoughts,For they have their own thoughts.You may house their bodies but not their souls,For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.You may strive to be like them,but seek not to make them like you.For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. The seeds of the prophet's counsel may be found in stories of Kahlil Gibran's childhood in Lebanon. And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. Parents’ role is to guide them through this long journey. Kindness towards children was one of the Prophet’s special characteristics. Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, said, “Fear God and treat your children fairly.” [3] In relation to spending this means giving each child what he or she needs. There are at least two high schools named after its author and it was quoted in a eulogy given at Nel… He would stroke their heads out of love and would pray for their good in life. 1) Prophet Muhammad’s Love & Attention Towards Children Needless to say, the Prophet’s s.a.w innate nature of being a mercy for all of God’s creations is undisputed. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. Kahlil Gibran - 1883-1931. Most of us will understand the meaning of life very late in life, if at all. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. Your children are not your children. And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. The Prophet, by celebrated Lebanese-American author Kahlil Gibran, is among the most popular volumes of poetry ever written, selling over 100 million copies in forty languages since its publication in 1923.Gibran’s timeless verses have been given enchanting new form in this painterly cinematic adventure about freedom and the power of human expression. Their world will be different than ours. And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for inself. When a young mother with a newborn baby at her breast asks for advice on children and parenting, Gibran’s poetic prophet responds: Your children are not your children. The Prophet – On Children Khalil Gibran. “Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.” But I say … The only gift we can give our children is the gift of love. And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. The Prophet is then asked to speak of marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, and crime and punishment. The prophet – On Children. And he said: Your children are not your children. Children are on loan to parents, entrusted to them by something greater than themselves. Children are living arrows sent forth into the infinite, swiftly and far. We see this in the animal kingdom, often forgetting we are part of the same animal kingdom and nature. For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. Kahlil Gibran took more than 11 years to formulate and perfect this book. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. We need to perform our assigned roles in the time we have. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone has a female child, and does not bury her alive, or slight her, or prefer his children (i.e. Kahlil Gibran’s best-known work, The Prophet, is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English. Parents’ role is to prepare children (as “arrows”) for their journey of life into the future. On Children - [From "Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet" Soundtrack] by Damien Rice published on 2015-08-03T14:05:06Z. Muhsin and Ruqaiyyah died in childhood. “The Prophet” On Children Kahlil Gibran And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. 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