this very crime of theirs was the means
of giving greater vigor to the Cause. The martyrdom of the Bab fulfilled
His own cherished wish and inspired His followers with increased zeal.
Such was the fire of their spiritual enthusiasm that the bitter winds of
persecution but fanned it to a fiercer blaze: The greater the efforts at
extinction, the higher mounted the flames.

Tomb on Mount Carmel

After the Bab's martyrdom, His remains, with those of His devoted
companion, were thrown on the edge of the moat outside the city wall. On
the second night they were rescued at midnight by some of the Babis, and
after being concealed for years in secret depositories in Persia, were
ultimately brought, with great danger and difficulty, to the Holy Land.
There they are now interred in a tomb beautifully situated on the slope of
Mount Carmel, not far from the Cave of Elijah, and only a few miles from
the spot where Baha'u'llah spent His last years and where His remains now
lie. Among the thousands of pilgrims from all parts of the world who come
to pay homage at the Holy Tomb of Baha'u'llah, none omit to offer a prayer
also at the shrine of His devoted lover and forerunner, the Bab.

Writings of Bab

The Writings of the Bab were voluminous, and the rapidity with which,
without study or premeditation, He composed elaborate commentaries,
profound expositions or eloquent prayers was regarded as one of the proofs
of His divine inspiration.

The purport of His various Writings has been summarized as follows:--

Some of these [the Bab's Writings] were commentaries on, and
interpretations of the verses of the Kur'an; some were prayers,
homilies, and hints of [the true significance of certain]
passages; other were exhortations, admonitions, dissertations on
the different branches of the doctrine of the Divine Unity ...
encouragements to amendment of character, severance from worldly
states, and dependence on the inspirations of God. But the essence
and purport of his compositions were the praises and descriptions
of that Reality soon to appear which was his only object and aim,
his darling, and his desire. For he regarded his own appearance as
that of a harbinger of good tidings, and considered his own real
nature merely as a means for the manifestation of the greater
perfections of that One. And indeed he ceased not from celebrating
Him by night or day for a sing