Precursor (religion)

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.^[1]

List of precursors

• Asita in Buddhism^[2]
• John the Baptist in Christianity^[3]
• Bahira or Sergius in Islam^[4]
• Shaykh Ahmad, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)^[5]
• Sayyid Kazim Rashti, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)^[5]
• Báb, forerunner and herald of the Bahá'í Faith (in the Bahá'í view)^[6]

See also

• List of founders of religious traditions