Shahrat

{{Short description|Ship in Mandaeism}}

File:Mandaean Scroll of Abathur.jpg in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The illustration on top depicts the ship Shahrat ferrying Mandaean souls towards the house of Abatur, while the lower illustration shows the tree of Shatrin with the souls of unbaptized children.]]

File:Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi 002.jpg, on the front door of Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. It is based on the manuscript illustration above.]]

{{Mandaeism}}

In Mandaeism, Shahrat ({{langx|myz|ࡔࡀࡄࡓࡀࡕ|translit=Šahrat|lit=she kept watch}}) is a ship or boat mentioned in the Scroll of Abatur. Shahrat ferries souls from Tibil across the river Hitpun and into the house of Abatur.{{cite book|last=Drower|first=Ethel S.|title=Diwan Abatur or Progress through the Purgatories|location=Vatican City|series=Studi e Testi|volume=151|publisher=Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana|year=1950}} According to the Mandaean priest Brikha Nasoraia (2021), it is basically a "space-ship" traveling "faster than the speed of light" through ayar (ether) to higher realms.{{cite book|last=Nasoraia|first=Brikha H.S.|author-link=Brikha Nasoraia|title=The Mandaean gnostic religion: worship practice and deep thought|publisher=Sterling|publication-place=New Delhi|year=2021|isbn=978-81-950824-1-4|oclc=1272858968}}{{rp|71}}

In Mandaean Book of John 55:60–61, the ship ferrying souls to the house of Abatur is described as follows.{{cite book|last=Haberl|first=Charles and McGrath, James|title=The Mandaean Book of John: critical edition, translation, and commentary|publisher=De Gruyter|publication-place=Berlin|year=2020|isbn=978-3-11-048651-3|oclc=1129155601}}

:I (Hibil Ziwa) made a ship for the good,

:a ferry of souls carrying them,

:over to Abatur's house,

:who gives them strength and truth from head to toe.