The Bab
The Bab (Siyyid Ali-Muhammad.)
Forerunner of Baha’u'llah (in the same manner that John the Baptist was the Forerunner to Jesus Christ). Prophet and founder of the Babi Faith. Reformer of Islam. Bab is a Persian, Arabic and Aramaic word which means “Gate” or “Door”. The Bab closed the door to the Age of Prophecy (about the coming of the kingdom of God and Earth) and He opened the door to the Age of Fulfillment (which we are in the infant stage of now).
The principle writing of the Bab is the Bayan.