John The Baptist
Islam says that, like his father Zechariah, John the Baptist (Yahya, يحيى) prayed to God to bless him with a son who could continue his legacy of guiding people towards Islam. Throughout his lifetime, John the Baptist captivated audiences with his powerful sermons that preached monotheism.
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“Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 11:3.
John the Baptist, by word of messenger, to Jesus.
“You should approach Joyce’s Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.”
—William Faulkner (1897–1962)