Some Special Beings

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  1. Nōăḥ (Hebrew), Prophet and Messenger (Nōăḥides)
  2. Melchizedek (Hebrew, Malk-î Ṣādeq), Prophet and Messenger (Orders of Melchizadek)
  3. ʾAbrāhām (Hebrew), Prophet and Messenger (ʾAbrāhāmic Religions)
  4. Hermés (Greek) or Idrīs (Arabic), Prophet and Messenger (Hermeticism)
  5. Moses (Hebrew, Moše), Prophet and Messenger (Judaism)
  6. Zoroaster (Avestan, Zaraϑuštra or “Zarathushtra”), Prophet and Messenger (Zoroastrianism)
  7. Krishna (Sanskrit, Kṛṣṇā), Prophet and Messenger (Hindūism)
  8. Confucius (Chinese, Kǒng Zǐ), Renewer (Confucianism)
  9. Gotama Buddha (Pāḷi and Sanskrit), Prophet and Messenger (Buddhism)
  10. John the Baptist (Hebrew, Yôḥānān ha-Matbil, literally, John the Baptizer), Prophet and Messenger (Mandæanism)
  11. Jesus Christ (Hebrew, Yēšūăʿ ha-Māšîaḥ), Prophet and Messenger (Christianity)
  12. St. Paul (Latin, Paulus), Prophet and Messenger or “Apostle” (Mid-Acts Dispensationalism)
  13. Muḥammad (Arabic), Prophet and Messenger (Islām)
  14. Imām Ḥusayn (Arabic), “endowed with special grace and power among the Imáms” (Šīʿah Islām)
  15. Gurū Nānak (Punjabi), “saint of the highest order” (Sikhism)
  16. Emanuel Swedenborg, “a herald of this Day” (Swedenborgianism)
  17. Ralph Waldo Emerson, “inspired by God” (New Thought)
  18. the Báb (Arabic, al-Bāb), Prophet and Messenger (the Bábí Faith)
  19. Baháʾuʾlláh (Arabic, Bahāʾ Allāh), Prophet and Messenger (the Baháʾí Faith)
  20. ʿAbduʾl-Bahá (Arabic, ʿAbd al-Bahāʾ), Perfect Exemplar of Servitude (the Baháʾí Faith)