Precursor (religion)
# 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.

## List of precursors

* Asita in Buddhism
* John the Baptist in Christianity
* Bahira or Sergius in Islam
* Shaykh Ahmad, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)
* Sayyid Kazim Rashti, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)
* Báb, forerunner and herald of the Bahá'í Faith (in the Bahá'í view)
