In religion, a precursor, also known as forerunner, predecessor, harbinger or herald, is a holy person who announced the approaching appearance of a central figure of the religion or who identified a central figure of the religion during the latter’s childhood.
List of precursors
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Asita in Buddhism
[Kohn, Sherab Chodzin (2009). ]
A Life of the Buddha
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John the Baptist in Christianity
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Bahira
Bahira ( ar, بَحِيرَىٰ, syc, ܒܚܝܪܐ) was an Assyrian, likely Nestorian monk from the tribe of Abd al-Qays who, according to Islamic religion, foretold to the adolescent Muhammad his future as a prophet.Abel, A.Baḥīrā. '' Encyc ...
or Sergius in Islam
[Abel, A.]
Baḥīrā
. ''Encyclopaedia of Islam
The ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' (''EI'') is an encyclopaedia of the academic discipline of Islamic studies published by Brill. It is considered to be the standard reference work in the field of Islamic studies. The first edition was published in ...
''. Brill. Brill Online, 2007
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Shaykh Ahmad, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)
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Sayyid Kazim Rashti
Sayyid Kāẓim bin Qāsim al-Ḥusaynī ar-Rashtī (1793–1843) ( ar, سيد كاظم بن قاسم الحسيني الرﺷتي), mostly known as Siyyid Kázim Rashtí ( fa, سید کاظم رشتی), was the son of Siyyid Qasim of Rasht, a to ...
, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)
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Báb, forerunner and herald of the Bahá'í Faith (in the Bahá'í view)
See also
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List of founders of religious traditions
References
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