bahai prophetology

notes related to Baha'i views of what makes one a prophet and types of prophets (anbiya):

1. Major Prophet (natiq, essential infallibility `isma' dhatiya, nubuwwat kulliyih, independent prophet, istiqlal, no intermediary)

2. Minor Prophet (asas, conferrd infallibility `isma' sifatiyya, dependent prophet, intermediation of revelation, perfect the religion of God [ta`mim din allah] the shari'a of the Major Prophets.

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-119.html

http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/saq/43.html

Islamic prophetology notes:

http://quran.com/42/51-51

And it is not for any human being that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a partition or that He sends a messenger to reveal, by His permission, what He wills. Indeed, He is Most High and Wise.

Q 42:51

مُحَدَّثُونَ

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "Among the nations before you there used to be people who were inspired (though they were not prophets). And if there is any of such a persons amongst my followers, it is 'Umar."

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَزَعَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لَقَدْ كَانَ فِيمَا قَبْلَكُمْ مِنَ الأُمَمِ مُحَدَّثُونَ، فَإِنْ يَكُ فِي أُمَّتِي أَحَدٌ فَإِنَّهُ عُمَرُ ‏"‏‏.‏ Arabic reference sahih bukhari