Samuel

Samuel is a major figure in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, whom played a key role in the transition from the era of Judges to the institution of a new kingdom under Saul (Paul), then again from Saul to David. Samuel is recognized by Jews, Christians, Muslims and Bahá’ís as being a genuine Prophet of the House of Israel.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá briefly recognized the divinity of Samuel in Some Answered Questions:

For from the fruit a hundred thousand leaves will in time appear, even though they all grow and develop through the same vegetable spirit. Pause then to reflect upon the difference between the virtues and perfections of Christ and the splendours and effulgences of Bahá’u’lláh, on the one hand, and the virtues of the Prophets of the House of Israel, such as Ezekiel or Samuel, on the other. All were the recipients of divine revelation, but between them there is an immeasurable distance.