Abraham

Abraham (“Father/Leader of many”, Standard Hebrew Avraham; Arabic Ibrāhīm) is the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. His story is told in the Book of Genesis. All three religions regard him as the ancestor of the Arabs, through Ishmael. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are referred to as the “Abrahamic religions” in reference to their

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Buddha

Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One, Enlightened One, from the Sanskrit: to awaken) can refer to the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who lived from about 623 BC to 543 BC attaining enlightenment around 588 BCE, or to anyone who has rediscovered enlightenment. Buddhism recognises three types of Buddha, of which the simple term

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Confucius

Confucius was a famous thinker and social philosopher of China whose teachings have deeply influenced East Asia for twenty centuries. Living in times of trouble, he was convinced of his ability to restore the world’s order but he failed. Considered as a “Throneless King”, he eventually became involved in teaching disciples. His philosophy emphasized

Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Gurus of the Sikhs, was born in the village of Talwandi, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore in present-day Pakistan. His parents, Kalu Mehta and Matta Tripat, were Hindus and belonged to the Kshatriya(Kings and Warriors) caste. Even as a boy, Nanak

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Jesus Christ

Jesus, also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure in Christianity. Most Christian groups believe that Jesus is God, and Muslims believe he was one of God’s prophets. Because of his significance in these religions, many consider him the one of the most influential historical figures of all time. The primary sources about

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Lao Zi

Lao Zi was a famous Chinese philosopher who is believed to have lived in approximately the 4th century BC, during the Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Periods. He is credited with writing the seminal Taoist work, the Tao Te Ching. He became a popular deity in Taoist religion’s pantheon. His most famous

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Moses

Moses or Moshe (Standard Hebrew Móše, Tiberian Hebrew Mōšeh, Arabic Musa), son of Amram and his wife, Jochebed, a Levite. Legendary Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian. If he is a historical figure, he may have lived between the 18th century BC and the 13th century BC. According to the Hebrew Bible, Moses

Prophet Muhammad

Muhammad (also transliterated Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammed) was an Arab religious and political leader. Non-Muslims consider him the founder of Islam. Muslims view him as the final prophet of Islam, which is considered by Muslims to have existed prior to Muhammad, in the same tradition as Judaism and Christianity. Early Muslim sources report that in

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Zoroaster

Zarathushtra, usually known in English as Zoroaster after the Greek version of the name, was an Iranian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism, which was the national religion of Persia from the time of the Achaemenidae to the close of the Sassanid period. Zoroaster was born in Balkh (Modern day Afghanistan). In Modern Persian

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