This is an incomplete table containing prophets, sometimes called messengers, of the Abrahamic religions. [1] [2]
Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith) | Prophets of Christianity | Prophethood in the Druze faith | Prophets and messengers in Islam | Prophets in Judaism | Chief Prophets of Mandaeism | Rastafari | Samaritanism |
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Ádam [3] [4] | Adam | ʾĀdam | ʾĀdam [5] | — | Adam | — | ʾĀ̊dā̊m [6] |
— | Abel | — | Hābīl | — | — | — | — |
— | Seth | — | Šīṯ | — | Šītil | — | Šåt [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | Anush; | — | Enosh (ʾĔnōš) [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kenan (Qinā̊n) [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mahalalel (Măʾllēləl) [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Jared (Yărăd) [6] |
Edrís (Enoch/Hermes Trismegistus) [7] | Enoch | ʾAḵnūḵ | Idris [8] | — | — | Enoch | ʾĪnūḵ [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Methuselah (Mətušā̊ːlaʾ) [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lamech (Ləmēk) [6] |
Núh [9] | Noah | Nuh | Nuh [8] | — | Nú | — | Nā̊ʾ [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | Sam | — | Shem (Šēm) [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Arpachshad (ʾArpakšā̊d) [6] |
Vāsudeva-Krishna [10] [11] | — | — | Krishna (only Ahmadiyya) [12] | — | — | — | — |
Húd [9] | — | — | Hud [8] | — | — | — | Eber (ʿəbăr) [6] |
Sálih [9] | — | — | Saleh [8] | — | — | — | Šīlå [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Peleg (Pălăg) [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Reu (Rəʿu) [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Serug (Šărūg) [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nahor (Nāʾūr) [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Terah (Tărăʾ) [6] |
Zoroaster [13] | — | — | Zoroaster (Only Ahmadiyya) [14] | — | — | — | — |
Ibráhím [13] | Abraham | ʾIbrāhīm | ʾIbrāhīm [8] | Abraham [15] | — | Abraham | ʾǍbrǎʾm [6] |
— | — | Sāra | — | Sarah [15] | — | — | — |
Ismá‘íl [9] | Ishmael | — | Ismā'īl [8] | — | — | — | Yišmaʿʾēl [6] |
Isháq [9] | Isaac | — | ʾIsḥāq [8] | Isaac | — | Isaac | Yēṣʾåq [6] |
Yaqúb [9] | Jacob | Yaʾqob | Yaqub [8] | Jacob [15] | — | Jacob | Yå̄ːqob [6] |
Yusúf [16] | Joseph (debated) | — | Yusuf [8] | Joseph [15] | — | Joseph | Yūsef [6] |
Lúta | Lot | — | Lut [8] | — | — | — | — |
Ayyúb [9] | Job | Ayyūb | Ayub [8] | Job [15] | — | Job | — |
— | Jeduthun [15] | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Asaph/Asoph | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Zebulun (Sabalān) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Levi (Lībi) [6] |
— | — | Akhenaten (Ākhnātūn) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Amram (ʾÅmrām) [6] |
— | Ruth | — | — | Ruth | — | Ruth | — |
Shu'ayb [9] | Jethro | Shuʿayb | Shuaib [8] | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | Bithiah [17] | — | — | — |
Harún [18] | Aaron | — | Harun [8] | Aaron [15] | — | Aaron | Årron [6] |
— | Miriam | — | — | Miriam [15] | — | Miriam | Maryåm [6] |
Musá [13] | Moses | Mūsā | Musa [8] | Moses [15] | — | Moses | Moše [6] |
— | Joshua (also, "Josue") | — | Yusha (debated) [8] [19] | Joshua [15] | — | — | Yēʾūša [6] |
— | — | el-Khudar [n 1] | al-Khidr (debated) [20] | — | — | — | — |
— | Eldad (debated | — | — | Eldad | — | — | Ildåd [6] |
— | Medad (debated) | — | — | Medad | — | — | Mūdåd [6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Caleb (Kīlåb) [6] |
— | Phinehas | — | — | Phinehas | — | — | — |
— | Deborah | — | — | Deborah [15] | — | Deborah | — |
— | Gideon (only Eastern Orthodox, and Armenian Apostolic) | — | — | Gideon | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | Eli | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | Elkanah | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | Hannah [15] | — | — | — |
— | Samuel | — | Syamuil [8] | Samuel [15] | — | Samuel | — |
"Prophet of the Sabaeans" [21] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
"David" [9] [n 2] | David | — | Dawud [8] | King David [15] | — | David | — |
— | — | — | — | Abigail [15] | — | — | — |
Sulaymān [9] | Solomon (debated) | Sulaymān | Sulayman | King Solomon | — | Solomon | — |
— | Ahijah HaShiloni | — | — | Ahijah HaShiloni | — | Ahijah HaShiloni | — |
— | Hezekiah | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | Mordecai | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | Eliphaz (the Temanite) [22] | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | Bildad (the Shuhite) [22] | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | Zophar (the Naamathite) [22] | — | — | — |
— | Elihu (debated) | — | — | Elihu (the Buzite) [22] | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | Beor [22] | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | Balaam [15] | — | — | — |
— | Gad | — | — | Gad [15] | — | Gad | — |
— | Nathan | — | — | Nathan [15] | — | Nathan | — |
— | Shemaiah | — | — | Shemaiah [15] | — | Shemiah | — |
— | Hanani | — | — | Hanani [15] | — | Hanani | — |
— | Jehu | — | — | Jehu [15] | — | Jehu | — |
— | Jahaziel/Chaziel (debated) | — | — | Jahaziel | — | Jahaziel | — |
— | Eliezer (debated) | — | — | Eliezer | — | Eliezer | — |
— | Ahijah | — | — | Ahiyah | — | — | — |
— | Iddo | — | — | Iddo [15] | — | Iddo | — |
— | Micaiah | — | — | Micaiah [15] | — | Micaiah | — |
— | Obadiah | — | — | Obadiah [15] | — | Obadiah | — |
— | Oded | — | — | Oded [15] | — | Oded | — |
— | Azariah | — | — | Azariah | — | Azariah | — |
— | Ezra/Esdras | — | Uzair [8] [23] | — | — | — | — |
— | Nehemiah | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Jahaziel | — |
— | Osee | — | — | Hosea [15] | — | Horsea | — |
— | Huldah | — | — | Huldah [15] | — | Huldah | — |
— | Amos [24] | — | — | Amos [15] | — | Amos | — |
— | Micheas | — | — | Micah [15] | — | Micah | — |
— | — | — | — | Amoz | — | — | — |
Élyás [9] | Elijah/Elias | el-Khudar [n 1] | Ilyas [8] | Elijah [15] | — | Ellijah | — |
— | Elisha | — | al-Yasa | Elisha [15] | — | Elisha | — |
Yúnus (Jonas) [25] | Jonah/Jonas | — | Yunus [8] | Jonah [15] | — | Jonah | — |
Búdá (Buddha) [26] | — | — | Buddha (Only Ahmadiyya) [27] | — | — | — | — |
Íshiya [9] | Isaiah/Isaias | — | Ishaʻyā' [8] | Isaiah [15] | — | Isaiah | — |
Ermíya [9] | Jeremiah/Jeremias | — | Irmiyā [8] | Jeremiah [15] | — | Jeremiah | — |
— | Zephaniah/Sophonias | — | — | Zephaniah [15] | — | Zephaniah | — |
— | Nahum | — | — | Nahum | — | Nahum | — |
— | Habakkuk/Habacuc | — | Ḥabaqūq | Habakkuk [15] | — | Habakkuk | — |
Za'l Kifl [9] | Ezekiel/Ezechiel | — | Dhul-Kifl [8] | Ezekiel [15] | — | Ezekiel | — |
— | Uriah | — | — | Uriah [15] | — | Uriah | — |
— | Baruch ben Neriah | — | — | Baruch ben Neriah | — | Baruch ben Neriah | — |
— | Neriah | — | — | Neriah | — | Neriah | — |
— | Seraiah | — | — | Seraiah | — | Seraiah | — |
— | Haggai/Aggeus | — | — | Haggai [15] | — | Haggai | — |
Zechariah [28] | Zechariah/Zacharias (debated) | — | — | Zechariah (Zekaryah) [15] | — | Zechariah | — |
— | Malachi/Malachias | — | — | Malachi [15] | — | Malachi | — |
— | Esther | — | — | Esther [15] | — | — | — |
Yu'íl [9] | Joel | — | — | Joel [15] | — | Joel | — |
Danyál [9] | Daniel | — | Daniyal [8] [29] | — | — | Daniel | — |
— | — | al-Ya'fūrī | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Lehi (Book of Mormon prophet) (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Nephi, son of Lehi (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet) (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Enos (Book of Mormon prophet) (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Jarom (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Omni (Book of Mormon record keeper) (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Amaron (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Chemish (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Abinadom (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Amaleki (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Neum (Book of Mormon) [30] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Zenos (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Zenock (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | King Benjamin (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | King Mosiah II [31] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Ammon (Book of Mormon missionary) (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Abinadi (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Alma the Elder (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Alma the Younger (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Aaron (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Omner (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Himni (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Ammon (Book of Mormon explorer) (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Amulek (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Zeezrom (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Helaman [32] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Shiblon [33] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Corianton (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Helaman II (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Nephi, son of Helaman (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Lehi, son of Helaman (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Zechariah (the Priest) [34] | — | Zakariya [8] | — | — | Zechariah | — |
— | Anna | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Agabus | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Agur | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Samuel the Lamanite (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Lachoneus the Chief Judge [35] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Pythagoras (Fīṯāḡūras) | — | — | — | — | — |
Confucius | — | — | Confucius (Only Ahmadiyya) | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Parmenides (Bārminīdes) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Empedocles (ʾAmbadūqlīs) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Alexander (al-ʾIskandar) | Dhu al-Qarnayn (debated) | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Aristotle (ʾArisṭūṭālīs) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Plato (ʾAflāṭūn) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Socrates (Suqrāṭ) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Mary (debated) | — | Maryam (debated) [36] [37] | — | — | — | — |
Yúna [38] | John (the Baptist) [39] | el-Khudar [n 1] | Yahya ibn Zakariyya [8] | — | Yuhana Maṣbana | John (the Baptist) | — |
Jesus Christ [40] | Jesus Christ | Isā ibn Yusuf and Maryam (Jesus, son of Joseph and Mary) [41] [42] | Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary) [8] | — | — | Jesus of Nazareth | — |
— | — | Luke the Evangelist (Lūqā) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Matthew the Apostle (Mattā) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Mark the Apostle (Marqus) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | John of Patmos (except Syriac Orthodox Church) | — | — | — | — | John of Patmos | — |
— | Judas Barsabbas | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Barnabas | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Simeon Niger | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Lucius of Cyrene | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Manahen | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Silas | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Philip the Evangelist | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Plotinus (ʾAflūṭīn) | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Democrates | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Marqah (Mårqe) [6] |
— | Gidgiddoni [43] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Nephi the Disciple (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Timothy, son of Nephi (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Nephi, son of Nephi the Disciple (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Jonas, the son of Nephi (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Mathoni [44] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Mathonihah [45] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Kumen [46] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Kumenonhi [47] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Jeremiah (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Shemnon [48] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Jonas (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Zedekiah (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Isaiah (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Amos, son of Nephi (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Amos, son of Amos (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Ammaron (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Mormon (Book of Mormon prophet) (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet) (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Mahonri Moriancumer [49] [50] [51] (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Ether (Book of Mormon prophet) (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Muhammad [13] [52] | — | Muhammad | Muhammad [8] | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Salman al-Farsi | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Ali | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | al-Hākim | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Hamza | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Muḥammad ibn Wahb al-Qurashī | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Abū'l-Khayr Salama ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Samurri | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad at-Tamīmī | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Bahāʾ al-Dīn | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | Ad-Darazi | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Joseph Smith (only Mormonism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Deganawida [53] (Native American Baháʼís) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Báb [54] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bahá'u'lláh [55] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Ellen G. White (only Seventh-day Adventistism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Marcus Garvey | — |
— | — | — | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (only Ahmadiyya) [56] | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Haile Selassie I | — |
— | — | — | Noble Drew Ali (only Moorish Scientists) [57] | — | — | — | — |
— | Felix Manalo (only Iglesia ni Cristo) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Vernon Carrington (Prophet Gad) | — |
— | — | — | Elijah Muhammad (only Nation of Islam) [58] | — | — | — | — |
List of Prophets
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, born ʻAbbás, was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Bahá’í Faith who designated him to be his successor and head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 until 1921. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was later cited as the last of three "central figures" of the religion, along with Baháʼu'lláh and the Báb, and his writings and authenticated talks are regarded as sources of Baháʼí sacred literature.
Shoghí Effendi (; Persian: شوقی افندی; 1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957) was an Ottoman-born Iranian religious figure and the Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 to 1957. As the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, he was responsible for creating a series of teaching plans that oversaw the expansion of the Baháʼí Faith to a number of new countries, and also translated many of the written works of crucial Baháʼí leaders. Upon his death in 1957, the Hands of the Cause, which included his Canadian wife Rúhíyyih Khánum, took on the role of overseeing the transfer of the religion's supreme legal authority to the Universal House of Justice, which has held elections every five years since 1963.
Mírzá Muhammad ʻAlí was the second surviving son of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, and the first from Baháʼu'lláh's second wife Fatimih. He is well-known for an attempted schism in which he claimed leadership over his half-brother ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, and was rejected by the overwhelming majority of Baháʼís, who regard him as a Covenant-breaker. The only result of his unsuccessful leadership attempt was to alienate most of the family of Baháʼu'lláh from ʻAbdu'l-Bahá. His schism was short lived and no longer exists; by the 1960s his descendants had largely melded into Muslim society and had no collective religious life.
Baháʼu'lláh was the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. He was born in 1817 to Khadíjih Khánum and Mírzá Buzurg of Nur, a Persian nobleman, and went on to be a leader in the Bábí movement, and then established the Baháʼí Faith in 1863. Baháʼu'lláh's family consists of his three wives and the children of those wives.
The following is a basic timeline of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions emphasizing dates that are relatively well known. For a more comprehensive chronology of the timeline, see the references at the bottom.
The Shrine of the Báb is a structure on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, where the remains of the Báb, founder of the Bábí Faith and forerunner of Baháʼu'lláh in the Baháʼí Faith, are buried; it is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Baháʼís, after the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh in Acre. Its precise location on Mount Carmel was designated by Baháʼu'lláh himself to his eldest son, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, in 1891. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá planned the structure, which was designed and completed several years later by his grandson, Shoghi Effendi.
In the Baháʼí Faith there are two covenants, deemed the 'greater' and 'lesser'. The greater covenant refers to an agreement of progressive revelation: that God will send messengers about every thousand years, and it is humanity's duty to recognize them and respond to their teachings. The lesser covenant is the agreement between the faith's founder, Baháʼu'lláh, and his followers, regarding the succession of leadership and the maintenance of unity.
Progressive revelation is a core teaching in the Baháʼí Faith that suggests that religious truth is revealed by God progressively and cyclically over time through a series of divine Messengers, and that the teachings are tailored to suit the needs of the time and place of their appearance. Thus, the Baháʼí teachings recognize the divine origin of several world religions as different stages in the history of one religion, while believing that the revelation of Baháʼu'lláh is the most recent, and therefore the most relevant to modern society.
The Manifestation of God is a concept in the Baháʼí Faith that refers to what are commonly called prophets. The Manifestations of God are appearances of the Divine Spirit or Holy Spirit in a series of personages, and as such, they perfectly reflect the attributes of the divine into the human world for the progress and advancement of human morals and civilization through the agency of that same Spirit.
The Baháʼí teachings, which are incorporated in the Baháʼí writings. cover theological, ethical, social, and spiritual concepts which were established by Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith, and elucidated at his passing by his son, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, following whom, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s grandson, Shoghi Effendi. A core teaching of the Baháʼí Faith is the fundamental unity of the world's major religions as part of a single plan overseen by one God. The teachings also address theological subjects including the oneness of God, humanity and religion, as well as aspects of human life such as the harmony of science and religion, elimination of extreme wealth and poverty, universal compulsory education, and the equality of all people equality, regardless of gender, race, nationality, colour, or social class.
Unity of religion is a core teaching of the Baháʼí Faith which states that there is a fundamental unity in many of the world's religions. The principle states that the teachings of the major religions are part of a single plan directed from the same God. It is one of the core teachings of the Baháʼí Faith, alongside the unity of God, and the unity of humanity.
Mírzá Músá was the only full brother of Baháʼu'lláh, meaning that they shared the same mother and father. He was later named by Shoghi Effendi as one of the nineteen Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh.
Baháʼí literature covers a variety of topics and forms, including scripture and inspiration, interpretation, history and biography, introduction and study materials, and apologia. Sometimes considerable overlap between these forms can be observed in a particular text.
Some Answered Questions is a compilation of table talks of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá that were collected by Laura Clifford Barney between 1904 and 1906 across several pilgrimages. The book was first published in English in 1908. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was the son of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, and was appointed by him as his successor and interpreter of his words.
The writings of founding members of the Bahá'í Faith include prophetic statements of future events, some of which are viewed by Bahá'ís as having been fulfilled. According to Bahá'í belief, there have been individuals throughout history who were Manifestations of God, who founded major world religions and had certain supernatural powers, such as the ability to prophesy. The belief in fulfilled prophecies is presented by Bahá'í authors to demonstrate the validity of Bahá'u'lláh's claim to divinity.
Tablets of Visitation refers to specific prayers used in the Baháʼí Faith while visiting the shrines of its founders or martyrs.
Naw-Rúz is the first day of the Baháʼí calendar year and one of eleven holy days for adherents of the Baháʼí Faith. It occurs on the vernal equinox, on or near March 21, which is also the traditional Persian New Year.
Opponents of the Baháʼí Faith have accused the faith's followers of committing various acts of political mischief, such as having a supposed "dual loyalty" and being secretly in the employ of foreign powers supposedly inimical to the interest of their home state. These accusations, together with others with a more theological bent, have been used to justify persecution of adherents of the Baháʼí Faith and the religion itself.
The Baháʼí Faith (بهائی) has a following of at least several hundred people in Lebanon dating back to 1870. The community includes around 400 people, with a centre in Beit Mery, just outside the capital Beirut, and cemeteries in Machgara and Khaldeh. On the other hand, the Association of Religion Data Archives estimated some 3,900 Baháʼís in 2005.
Baháʼís venerate Muhammad as one of a number of prophets or "Manifestations of God", but consider his teachings to have been superseded by those of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith.