persian: بهائی, originally from the arabic "bahá", meaning "glory" or "splendour") is a monotheistic religion founded by bahá'u'lláh in 19th century persia, and consider their religion to progress from or succeed bábism or the bábi faith (persian: بابی ها "bábí há") founded by the báb earlier in the century – emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind.