Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- Həvari
- Transliteration
- heh-vah-REE
- Rejected alternatives
- peyğəmbər (prophet-messenger), imam (in the Shia sense of an infallible spiritual-political successor)
Apostle
Həvari is the established Christian term (also used for Jesus’ twelve). Guard specifically against imam-shaped associations: unlike the Twelve Imams of Shia doctrine, apostles are commissioned eyewitnesses to the risen Christ, not an infallible successive spiritual authority line.