Some Special Beings

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