Prophets

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1 Central Figures and Institutions of the Bahá'í Faith in order of rank (though Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb are equal in station, the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh is greater than that of the Báb): 2 Guiding (and inspired) Figures/Institutions of the Bahá'í Faith in order of time appearance: 3 Prior Manifestations of God 4 Lesser prophets 5 The Qur'án also open to more Prophets than those listed explicitly in the Qur'án 6 Future Manifestations of God 7 Figures who are described in our Writings in positive terms but who are not considered to be Manifestations of God or Lesser Prophets 8 Figures who may possibly be inspired to some degree (our Writings do not say or they find some common teachings but reject others) but are not Manifestations of God or Lesser Prophets 9 See also 10 Todos for this page

Central Figures and Institutions of the Bahá'í Faith in order of rank (though Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb are equal in station, the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh is greater than that of the Báb):

• Bahá'u'lláh
• The Báb
• 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• Administrative Order
  • Guardianship
    • Shoghi Effendi
  • The Universal House of Justice

Guiding (and inspired) Figures/Institutions of the Bahá'í Faith in order of time appearance:

• Shaykh Ahmad (inspired)
• Siyyid Kázim (inspired)
• The Báb
• Bahá'u'lláh
• 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• Shoghi Effendi (brief period at beginning of Bahíyyih Khánum's temporarily accepting responsibilities)
• Hands of the Cause of God (temporary custodians/stewards)
• The Universal House of Justice

Prior Manifestations of God

(in approximate reverse chronological order)

• Muhammad (see also the Imámate)

• Christ (on the issue of successorship, see Peter)

• Buddha

• Zoroaster

• Elijah (Elias)

• Elisha?

• Dhu'l Kifl?

• Jonah (Jonas)

• Jethro?

• Aaron?

• Moses

• Krishna

• Joseph

• Jacob?

• Isaac?

• Ishmael (Ismael)

• Lot (Lut)

• Abraham (Ibráhím)

• David (not King David) (list earlier?)?

• Sálih

• Húd

• Noah

• Founder of Sabaeanism (unknown if older or more recent than Hinduism; same as Seth and/or Idrís?)

• Idrís (or Hermes; same as Enoch?)

• Enoch?

• Seth?

• Abel

• Adam

Lesser prophets

• Isaiah
• Daniel
• Ezekiel
• Zechariah
• Micah
• Joel
• Jeremiah
• Job
• Solomon
• King David (see also the discussion at David)
• Zakariya
• John the Baptist
• [[]]
• [[]]

The Qur'án also open to more Prophets than those listed explicitly in the Qur'án

"some apostles have we sent, whom we have formerly mentioned unto thee; and other apostles have we sent, whom we have not mentioned unto thee"

(Qur'án 4:164 (http://bahai-library.com/writings/quran/4.html#Paragraph%20164))

Future Manifestations of God

• Him Who will be sent down unto you after Me (To come no sooner than 2852 C.E. or 1008 B.E. (i.e., 1000 years since the beginning of the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh))
• Next Universal Manifestation of God (to come no sooner than 500,000 years)

Figures who are described in our Writings in positive terms but who are not considered to be Manifestations of God or Lesser Prophets

• Confucius

Figures who may possibly be inspired to some degree (our Writings do not say or they find some common teachings but reject others) but are not Manifestations of God or Lesser Prophets

• Lao Zi
• Joseph Smith

See also

• the public collaborative website on the topic, Prophets of Islam
• religion

Todos for this page

Note: the MessengerOfGod page should be reconciled with this page and if not to be deleted, then linked from here.