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Precursor (religion)

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In religion, a precursor, also known as forerunner, predecessor, harbinger or herald, is a holy person who announced the approaching appearance of a prophet or who identified a prophet during the latter’s childhood.

List of precursors

  • Asita in Buddhism
  • John the Baptist in Christianity
  • Bahira or Sergius in Islam
  • Shaykh Ahmad, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)
  • Sayyid Kazim Rashti, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)
  • Báb, forerunner and herald of the Bahá'í Faith (in the Bahá'í view)

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