The appellation also refers to the prophet who will induce mankind to turn back to God.
[1] In Christianity, the last prophet of the Old Covenant before the arrival of Jesus is John the Baptist (cf.
[2] The Eastern Orthodox Church holds that Malachi was the "Seal of Prophets" in the Old Testament.
[6][7] In Manichaeism, the founder Mani is believed by adherents of the faith to be the last and final prophet after a long succession of religious figures, including Zoroaster, the Gautama Buddha and the Jesus Christ.
According to Al-Biruni, a 10th-century Iranian scholar, Mani claimed to be the Paraclete promised in the New Testament and the Last Prophet.