 Bahá 'ís see the Báb as the forerunner of the Bahá 'í Faith , because the Báb 's writings introduced the concept of " He whom God shall make manifest " , a Messianic figure whose coming , according to Bahá 'ís , was announced in the scriptures of all of the world 's great religions , and whom Bahá 'u'lláh , the founder of the Bahá 'í Faith , claimed to be in 1863 . The Báb 's tomb , located in Haifa , Israel , is an important place of pilgrimage for Bahá 'ís . The remains of the Báb were brought secretly from Iran to the Holy Land and eventually interred in the tomb built for them in a spot specifically designated by Bahá 'u'lláh . The main written works translated into English of the Báb 's are collected in Selections from the Writings of the Báb out of the estimated 135 works . 
