list of Qulasta prayers
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The list below contains the 414 Mandaean prayers in E. S. Drower's 1959 Canonical Prayerbook (also known as the Qulasta), along with their ritual uses.{{Cite book|title=The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans|last=Drower|first=E. S.|publisher=E. J. Brill|year=1959|location=Leiden}} Many of the prayers are identical or nearly identical duplicates of other prayers in the prayerbook, as listed in the "corresponding prayer" column in the below.{{cite book |last=Gelbert |first=Carlos |last2=Lofts |first2=Mark J. |date=2025 |title=The Qulasta |location=Edensor Park, NSW |publisher=Living Water Books |isbn=978-0-6487954-3-8}}
Introduction
Opening lines, which exclude frequently used formulas such as "In the name of Hayyi Rabbi", are included since the original scribal commentaries in the Qulasta manuscripts, as well as external priestly esoteric commentaries (e.g., Scroll of Exalted Kingship), typically refer to each Qulasta prayer by its opening line rather than by an ordered number. The English translations of the opening lines are from Drower (1959), while the Mandaic transcriptions of the opening lines, when available, are from Mark Lidzbarski's Mandäische Liturgien (1920).Lidzbarski, Mark. 1920. Mandäische Liturgien. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF 17.1. Berlin. A list of opening lines is also listed in Al-Mubaraki (2010).{{cite book |last=Al-Mubaraki |first=Majid Fandi |last2=Mubaraki |first2=Brian |date=2010 |title=Qulasta - Sidra d Nishmata / Mandaean Liturgical Prayer Book (Book of Souls) (volume 1) |location=Luddenham, New South Wales |publisher=Mandaean Research Centre |isbn=9781876888145}} (1998 edition: ISBN 0-9585705-1-5){{cite book |last=Al-Mubaraki |first=Majid Fandi |last2=Mubaraki |first2=Brian |date=2010 |title=Qulasta - 'niania & Qabina / Mandaean Liturgical Prayer Book (Responses & Marriage) (volume 2) |location=Luddenham, New South Wales |publisher=Mandaean Research Centre |isbn=9781876888152}}
Drower (1959) also categorizes the prayers into different sections. Originally, some of these sections had historically been separate manuscripts before they had been compiled by Mandaean scribes into single codices (books) such as MS Drower 53 (also known as DC 53).
Each prayer is typically recited only for a specific stage of a certain ritual, as listed in the "commentary" column below. For example, see {{slink|Tarmida|Prayer sequence}} for a detailed list of prayers recited during different stages of the tarmida initiation ceremony.
Corresponding prayers in Lidzbarski's Mandäische Liturgien (1920) are also provided.
List
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! Number ! Opening line ! Commentary ! Corresponding prayer ! Section |
1
| "In the name of that first man" | prayer of the turban | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
2
| "Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun" | opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being" | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
3
| "Life created Yawar-Ziwa" | prayer of the turban | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
4
| "As the ʿUthras stand in their škintas" | prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa" | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
5
| "Let there be light" | prayer for the turban | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
6
| "A crown of ether-light shone forth" | prayer of "loosing", "Let there be Light" | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
7
| "Strengthened and enhanced is the great mystery of radiance" | prayer of pandama (long end of turban) for baptism | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
8
| "Incense that is fragrant" | prayer of incense | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
9
| "Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance" | prayer of radiance | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
10
| "Oft the day that the Jordan was bestowed upon Sam-Smir" | prayer of the Jordan | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
11
| "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa" | prayer of Yawar-Ziwa | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
12
| "I am Yur son of Barit" | opening prayer for the Jordan | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
13
| "I went to the jordan" | | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
14
| "In the names of Yusmir the First Vine" | prayer of the staff | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
15
| "Bound is the sea" | exorcism prayer | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
16
| "I am a perfected gem" | exorcism prayer | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
17
| "Avaunt! Flee in fear" | exorcism prayer | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
18
| "Piriawis, the great jordan of the First Life" | prayer of the Jordan | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
19
| "Manda created me" | set prayer for the baptism wreath | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
20
| "Blessed art thou, Outer Door" | dedicatory prayer of the Jordan | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
21
| "I rose up from the jordan" | | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
22
| "We have acknowledged the name of Life" | prayer of oil | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
23
| "Precious oil art thou, son of white sesame" | prayer of oil | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
24
| "Thou wast established, First Life" | prayer of oil | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
25
| "When a jordan of living water was bestowed" | "sealing" prayer | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
26
| "Bound and sealed are these souls" ("lesser" prayer) | "sealing" prayer | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
27
| "We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia" | "sealing" prayer | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
28
| "Bound and sealed are these souls" ("greater" prayer) | "sealing" prayer | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
29
| "Ye are set up and raised up into the Place of the Good" | | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
30
| "What did thy Father do for thee, Soul" | baptism hymn | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
31
| "Radiance goeth up to its place" | "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism | | Book of Souls (masbuta liturgy) |
32
| "Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
33
| "Water of Life art thou" | mambuha prayer | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
34
| "Hail to the First Life" | ordinance for the incense | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
35
| "I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
36
| "I worship, laud and praise that great, secret, First Mana" | prayer for the pihta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
37
| "I worship, laud and praise that Occult, great First Cloud" | prayer for the pihta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
38
| "I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa" | prayer for the pihta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
39
| "l worship, laud and praise that secret saying" | prayer for the pihta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
40
| "I have worshipped and praised ʿUṣar" | prayer for the pihta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
41
| "I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light" | prayer for the pihta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
42
| "I worship, laud and praise that first secret Word" | prayer for the pihta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
43
| "Thou art enduring, First Life" | prayer for the pihta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
44
| "Biriawiš, source of living waters" | appointed prayer for the mambuha | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
45
| "Thy name, (O) Life, is excellent" | set prayer for the mambuha | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
46
| "The Light became light" | myrtle-wreath prayer | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
47
| "Enlightened and enlightening are words of light" | myrtle-wreath prayer | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
48
| "Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars" | recitation over pure oil | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
49
| "This, the glory and light of life" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
50
| "Rightly did the baptist baptise me" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
51
| "I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
52
| "Whose son am I?" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
53
| "A letter, union and victory" | seal of the masiqta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
54
| "Yukašar chose her" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
55
| "The Great Life spoke and revealed" | loosing of the pandama | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
56
| "Living waters shone forth" | prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer" | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
57
| "Fragrant incense riseth to its place" | dedication prayer for the incense | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
58
| "Praised be that radiance, light and glory" | offering-up of supplications | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
59
| "Life is fulfilled in its own glory" | prayer offered up for the pihta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
60
| "The Great Life dwelleth in those that love Him" | dedicatory prayer for the mambuha | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
61
| "An earthly wreath fadeth" | prayer put up for the wreath of a masiqta | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
62
| "The worlds glisten (with costly) oil" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
63
| "In great radiance am I immersed" | prayer offered up for the masiqta oil | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
64
| "The Life dwelleth in its own radiance and light" | confirmation of the (prayer) "Yukašar chose her who passeth over" | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
65
| "Ye are set up and raised up into the Place" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
66
| "I am crowned with a wreath and lay me down" | masiqta hymn | Left Ginza 3.43 | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
67
| "With him, with the Deliverer" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
68
| "Between the Hidden and the Radiance" | | Left Ginza 3.20 | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
69
| "Bliss and peace there will be" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
70
| "Blessed and praised be the life" of the souls | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
71
| "Blessed and praised be Life" of Šum bar Nū | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
72
| "Good is the Good for the good" | | | Book of Souls (masiqta liturgy) |
73
| "A sealed letter which leaveth the world" | prayer over the flask of oil | Left Ginza 3.27 | Engirta |
74
| "Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul" | conclusion of the "Letter" | | Engirta |
75
| "We have acknowledged and praises (are due)" | Audin u-tušbihan | (parallels with Psalm 114{{cite journal | last=Bacher | first=W. | title=The Mandaic Version of Psalm CXIV | journal=The Jewish Quarterly Review | publisher=[University of Pennsylvania Press, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania] | volume=4 | issue=3 | year=1892 | issn=0021-6682 | jstor=1450286 | pages=508–508 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1450286 | access-date=2024-07-24}}Bancila, Ionut Daniel. [https://www.academia.edu/1395271/Die_Stellung_der_114_Psalmes_in_Qolasta_Draft_for_discussion_only_ Die Stellung der 114. Psalmes in Qolasta].Greenfield, Jonas Carl (1981). A Mandaic 'Targum' of Psalm 114. In: Jakob J. Petuchowski and Ezra Fleischer (eds.) Studies in Aggadah, Targum and Jewish Liturgy in Memory of Joseph Heinemann. Jerusalem: Magnes.) | Hymns of Praise |
76
| "Praises to the Outer Life" | | | Hymns of Praise |
77
| "Thee (O) life, (is it meet) to praise, to honour" | | | Hymns of Praise |
78
| "May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding enlighten me" | | | ʿNiania (responses) |
79
| "When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished" | prayer of wreath of myrtle for the staff | | ʿNiania (responses) |
80
| "Hear me, my Father, hear me" ("greater" prayer) | | | ʿNiania (responses) |
81
| "Hear me, my Father, hear me" ("lesser" prayer) | | | ʿNiania (responses) |
82
| "At the Fountain-head came I forth" | prayer for the mambuha | | ʿNiania (responses) |
83
| "How lovely are plants which the jordan hath planted" | hymn of baptism | | ʿNiania (responses) |
84
| "Truly did my baptiser baptise me" | hymn of baptism | | ʿNiania (responses) |
85
| "Šilmai hath baptised us with his baptism" | hymn of baptism | | ʿNiania (responses) |
86
| "The jordan in which we have been immersed" | hymn of baptism | | ʿNiania (responses) |
87
| "I rejoice in my priests" | hymn of baptism | | ʿNiania (responses) |
88
| "Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen" | hymn of baptism | | ʿNiania (responses) |
89
| "To you do I call and (you) do I teach" | hymn of baptism | | ʿNiania (responses) |
90
| "A disciple am I, a new one" | hymn of baptism | | ʿNiania (responses) |
91
| "My vigilance and praisegiving" | hymn of the masiqta | | ʿNiania (responses) |
92
| "Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one" | hymn of the masiqta | Left Ginza 3.4 | ʿNiania (responses) |
93
| "The mana rejoiceth in its treasure" | hymn of the masiqta | | ʿNiania (responses) |
94
| "Hail to thee, hail to thee, soul" | hymn of the masiqta | Left Ginza 3.3 | ʿNiania (responses) |
95
| "Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms" | hymn of the masiqta | | ʿNiania (responses) |
96
| "I am provided and provisioned" | hymn of the masiqta | Left Ginza 3.2 | ʿNiania (responses) |
97
| "He rose and took me with him" | hymn of the masiqta | | ʿNiania (responses) |
98
| "The day on which the soul goeth forth" | hymn of the masiqta | Left Ginza 3.7 | ʿNiania (responses) |
99
| "Ye are set up and raised up, my Chosen ones" | hymn of the masiqta | | ʿNiania (responses) |
100
| "In a building which Life buildeth" | hymn of the masiqta | | ʿNiania (responses) |
101
| "The Life hath founded a dwelling" | hymn of the masiqta | | ʿNiania (responses) |
102
| "The building that Life buildeth" | prayer of the communion | | ʿNiania (responses) |
103
| "Darkness is crushed back into the Dark" | | | ʿNiania (responses) |
104
| "May Kušṭa strengthen you" | daily ablution prayer | | | Rušuma |
105
| "Kušṭa heal you" | | | |
106
| "Up, up! (ye) Elect righteous ones" | opening (prayer) of the "Devotions" | | Rahmia (devotions) |
107
| "My good messenger of light" | early morning devotion | | Rahmia (devotions) |
108
| "I worship Life and I praise my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia" | early morning devotion | | Rahmia (devotions) |
109
| "I worship Life and I praise my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia" | devotion of the seventh hour | | Rahmia (devotions) |
110
| "The time, the time for devotions arriveth" | | | Rahmia (devotions) |
111
| "My good messenger of light" | | 107 | Rahmia (devotions) |
112
| "I worship the Life and I praise my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia" | prayer of "the time of devotions" (opening prayer of the eventide devotions) | 108 | Rahmia (devotions) |
113
| "On the light of Ether do I stand" | "Devotion" for daybreak after incense | | Rahmia (devotions) |
114
| "Early I arose from my sleep" | "Devotion" for daybreak after incense | | Rahmia (devotions) |
115
| "We have purified our hands in kušṭa (truth)" | "Devotion" for daybreak after incense | | Rahmia (devotions) |
116
| "Blessed be thy name and praised be thy name" | "Devotion" of Manda ḏ-Hiia for daybreak after incense | | Rahmia (devotions) |
117
| "I worship, praise and laud that Šrar" | prayer in the Rahmia (Devotions) of the seventh hour after incense | | Rahmia (devotions) |
118
| "It is time to pray the "Devotions"" | prayer in the evening devotions after incense | | Rahmia (devotions) |
119
| "On Sunday, the first of days" | hymn for Sunday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
120
| "My day — what is it amongst the days" | hymn for Sunday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
121
| "Before the Wellsprings were transmuted" | hymn for Sunday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
122
| "O Lord of devotions" | hymn for Sunday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
123
| "Except for six or seven nations" | hymn for Sunday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
124
| "I seek a boon from the Life" | hymn for Sunday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
125
| "At the beginning of the construction" | hymn for Monday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
126
| "At the beginning of the pure Kimṣa" | hymn for Monday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
127
| "A Being, chosen, righteous, sprang up" | hymn for Monday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
128
| "O Man, whom acclamation chose out" | hymn for Monday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
129
| "Whither goest thou, chosen righteous One" | hymn for Monday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
130
| "On the day on which They opened the great gate of the Dwellings" | hymn for Monday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
131
| "Thou camest from the House of Life" | hymn for Tuesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
132
| "Come, come, King of ʿUthras" | hymn for Tuesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
133
| "Thou camest from the House of Good Beings" | hymn for Tuesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
134
| "Come, come, King of ʿUthras" | hymn for Tuesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
135
| "Fragrance came from its place" | hymn for Tuesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
136
| "Come, come, Manda ḏ-Hiia" | hymn for Tuesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
137
| "There was a Cry in the firmament" | hymn for Wednesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
138
| "The voice of a hidden Sprout" | hymn for Wednesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
139
| "I ascended the mountain Carmel" | hymn for Wednesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
140
| "Between mountains twain" | hymn for Wednesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
141
| "Who will come, who will tell me" | hymn for Wednesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
142
| "The advent of Hibil-ʿUthra" | hymn for Wednesday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
143
| "In the glory of my Father I stand" | hymn for Thursday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
144
| "By my pure radiance am I protected" | hymn for Thursday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
145
| "When the Mighty (Life) speaketh" | hymn for Thursday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
146
| "I am preserved by my pure radiance" | hymn for Thursday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
147
| "Miserable I am, when shall I go?" | hymn for Thursday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
148
| "I am poor and submissive" | hymn for Thursday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
149
| "At the door of the synagogue" | hymn for Friday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
150
| "On the day that the great gate of the Dwellings opened" | hymn for Friday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
151
| "When will my Lord come from thee" | hymn for Friday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
152
| "Ye are uplifted and fortified" | hymn for Friday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
153
| "A cleft was cloven in the earth" | hymn for Friday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
154
| "I have spoken and discoursed with my voice" | hymn for Friday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
155
| "Stand by Me, be steadfast" | hymn for Saturday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
156
| "By the bank of the great Jordan of the First Life" | hymn for Saturday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
157
| "To the mountains I say" | hymn for Saturday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
158
| "O shoot which sprouted within the Tanna" | hymn for Saturday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
159
| "The departure of the sabbath" | hymn for Saturday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
160
| "It revealed itself, and set off and came" | hymn for Saturday | | Rahmia (devotions) |
161
| "The outgoing of the sabbath with its night" | prayer for candidates for priesthood, on Saturday evening | | | Rahmia (devotions) |
162
| "At the going-out of sabbath" | prayer for candidates for priesthood, on Saturday evening | | | Rahmia (devotions) |
163
| "On Sunday, on the chief of days" | prayer at the dawn of Sunday | | | Rahmia (devotions) |
164
| "I beheld a mountain" | prayer at the dawn of Sunday | | | Rahmia (devotions) |
165
| "Poor am I! From the fruits" | prayer which is the fruit of ether | | Rahmia (devotions) |
166
| "The ʿUthras rejoice in His treasure" | prayer which is the fruit of ether | | Rahmia (devotions) |
167
| "Thee, my Lord, do I worship" | prayer which is the fruit of ether | | Rahmia (devotions) |
168
| "Upon the Beginning of the great Ether of Life" | prayer which is the fruit of ether | | Rahmia (devotions) |
169
| "To thy name, Land (world) of Light" | prayer which is the fruit of ether | | Rahmia (devotions) |
170
| "Good is the Good for the good" | Ṭabahatan ("Our Ancestors") | | | Ṭabahatan (prayer for ancestors) |
171
| "Praised be the First Great Radiance" | Šal Šulta | | | Hymns of praise etc. |
172
| "Now (we beseech Thee), Life" | | | | Hymns of praise etc. |
173
| "The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia be pronounced upon thee" | The Šumhata ("Names") | | | Šumhata (The "Names") |
174
| "I beseech the Life and my Lord Manda ḏ-Hiia" | | | | Hymns of praise etc. |
175
| "Then, when she reacheth the Seven Mysteries" | questioning of the soul | | | Hymns of praise etc. |
176
| "O King of all kings, O Father of all ʿUthras" | | | | Hymns of praise etc. |
177
| "Vines shone in the water" | prayer recited at the Little New Year's Feast; "Vines Hymn" | | | Little New Year’s Feast prayer |
178
| "Kušṭa strengthen thee, my crown" | prayer for "honouring" the crown | | | Prayer for "honouring" the crown |
179
| "Come, Kušṭa, in kindness" | alphabetical prayer | Right Ginza 12.2 | | Hymns for marriage |
180
| "ʿUthras assembled and Dwellings came together" | | | Hymns for marriage |
181
| "On the day that they clad Manda ḏ-Hiia in his vestment" | | | Hymns for marriage |
182
| "On the day that they tied the girdle on Manda ḏ-Hiia" | | | Hymns for marriage |
183
| "On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the tunic" | | | Hymns for marriage |
184
| "On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia With the stole, Šamašiel" | | | Hymns for marriage |
185
| "On the day that they set the crown on Manda ḏ-Hiia" | | | Hymns for marriage |
186
| "On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the Šarwala Nṣab" | | | Hymns for marriage |
187
| "On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the staff (margna)" | | | Hymns for marriage |
188
| "I twined a wreath of myrtle and marjoram" | | | Hymns for marriage |
189
| "Who, amongst the ʿUthras, was it" | | | Hymns for marriage |
190
| "Our father, they made thee chief in Tarwan" | | | Hymns for marriage |
191
| "On thee, our father, they have conferred a pure sovereignty" | | | Hymns for marriage |
192
| "Who hath sent thee, new king" | | | Hymns for marriage |
193
| "Who sent thee, new king" | | | Hymns for marriage |
194
| "Our father, Šihlun-Ziwa, rejoiceth in his crown" | | | Hymns for marriage |
195
| "Our father, They will guard thy wreath for thee" | | | Hymns for marriage |
196
| "Our father, thy wreath is from the Vine Ruaz" | | | Hymns for marriage |
197
| "Planter of Plants, plant it" | | | Hymns for marriage |
198
| "I am small amongst ʿUthras" | | | Hymns for marriage |
199
| "May pure guardians guard thee" | | | Hymns for marriage |
200
| "(Lo) the Voice of Life from the fruits" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
201
| "O hang up light, let lamps of glory be hung up therein" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
202
| "The radiance of Hibil is beauteous" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
203
| "This building, whose is it" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
204
| "They sent Hibil-Ziwa to make report" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
205
| "When the Proven One, the Pure One, went" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
206
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207
| "A Vehicle am I, a small one" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
208
| "His nuptial couch is spread for the bridegroom" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
209
| "They bring in white flour by the khor (heap)" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
210
| "Sun in his majesty bowed down before the bridegroom" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
211
| "I and the bridegroom's groomsman" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
212
| "There is a Vine for Šitil and a Tree for Anuš" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
213
| "I am a mana of the Great Life" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
214
| "Thou art come, Pure Pearl, who hast illumined dark hearts" | alphabetical prayer | Right Ginza 12.4 | | Hymns for marriage |
215
| "Lo the wicked degrade my people" | | Wedding 18:3 | | Hymns for marriage |
216
| "Behold, my portal" | | Wedding 18:8 | | Hymns for marriage |
217
| "Lo, my little mistress" | | Wedding 18:13 | | Hymns for marriage |
218
| "Lo, my little mistress" | | Wedding 18:17 | | Hymns for marriage |
219
| "Lo, my little mistress" | | Wedding 18:20 | | Hymns for marriage |
220
| "Lo, my little mistress" | | Wedding 18:23 | | Hymns for marriage |
221
| "Lo, my little mistress" | | Wedding 18:27 | | Hymns for marriage |
222
| "Lo, O thou (bride) that glitterest (with gold)" | | Wedding 18:30 | | Hymns for marriage |
223
| "Whose daughter art thou" | | Wedding 19:1 | | Hymns for marriage |
224
| "From the day that the great 'Uraš came for her" | | Wedding 19:4 | | Hymns for marriage |
225
| "Bridegroom, who told thee" | | Wedding 19:7 | | Hymns for marriage |
226
| "Who wedded the bridegroom" | | Wedding 19:11 | | Hymns for marriage |
227
| "Hibil-Ziwa hath blessed you" | | Wedding 19:16 | | Hymns for marriage |
228
| "One of my hands beneath his head" | | Wedding 19:25 | | Hymns for marriage |
229
| "Standing beneath the palm-tree" | | Wedding 19:27 | | Hymns for marriage |
230
| "Ye are sealed with the seal of Life" | | Wedding 19:23 | | Hymns for marriage |
231
| "Your table" | | Wedding 19:antepenult. | | Hymns for marriage |
232
| "Pure guardians watch over you" | | Wedding 19:ult. | | Hymns for marriage |
233
| "To the Place which is all Radiance" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
234
| "To the Place which giveth out light" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
235
| "To the Tana of glory" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
236
| "To the Place where His appearance is lustrous" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
237
| "To the place where His converse is calm" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
238
| "To the Mighty-in-Glory, to the Well-Ordered and Well-Ordering" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
239
| "To the place of pure wrappings" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
240
| "To the Place where dwelleth the pure perfected Being" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
241
| "To the Place which was self-created" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
242
| "To the Place which is all radiance" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
243
| "Pure is the place, there is no grief in it" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
244
| "I will speak to Thee, Mystic Perfection" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
245
| "To the Place where the Almighty" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
246
| "When, filled with innocency" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
247
| "The Chosen One, whose vesture becometh him" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
248
| "Great is he, the good (spirit)" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
249
| "To the Place where dwelleth the Perfected" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
250
| "To the Place where the sound of His voice is mild" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
251
| "To the Place where deeply reverenced is His steadfast Form" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
252
| "To the Place where His speech is pleasant" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
253
| "To the place of Safe-keeping" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
254
| "To go and to perform his works" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
255
| "To the place of veiled radiance" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
256
| "To the place in which the Transcendent abideth" | | | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
258
| "Then from (You), Life, (I ask) Your pity" | | 172 | | Hymns for marriage |
259
| "Then from (You), Life, (I ask) Your pity" | | 172 | | Hymns for marriage |
260
| "In the name of the Great Ineffable Life from worlds of light" | | | | Hymns for marriage |
257
| | | 287 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
261
| | | 233 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
262
| | | 234 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
263
| | | 235 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
264
| | | 236 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
265
| | | 237 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
266
| | | 238 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
267
| | | 239 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
268
| | | 240 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
269
| | | 241 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
270
| | | 242 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
271
| | | 243 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
272
| | | 244 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
273
| | | 245 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
274
| | | 246 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
275
| | | 247 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
276
| | | 248 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
277
| | | 249 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
278
| | | 250 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
279
| | | 251 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
280
| | | 252 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
281
| | | 253 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
282
| | | 254 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
283
| | | 255 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
284
| | | 256 | | Hymns for a new priest ({{transliteration|myz|kḏ azil bhira dakia}}) |
285
| | | 180 | | Hymns for marriage |
286
| | | 181 | | Hymns for marriage |
287
| | | 182 | | Hymns for marriage |
288
| | | 183 | | Hymns for marriage |
289
| | | 184 | | Hymns for marriage |
290
| | | 185 | | Hymns for marriage |
291
| | | 186 | | Hymns for marriage |
292
| | | 187 | | Hymns for marriage |
293
| | | 188 | | Hymns for marriage |
294
| | | 189 | | Hymns for marriage |
295
| | | 190 | | Hymns for marriage |
296
| | | 191 | | Hymns for marriage |
297
| | | 192 | | Hymns for marriage |
298
| | | 193 | | Hymns for marriage |
299
| | | 194 | | Hymns for marriage |
300
| | | 195 | | Hymns for marriage |
301
| | | 196 | | Hymns for marriage |
302
| | | 197 | | Hymns for marriage |
303
| | | 198 | | Hymns for marriage |
304
| | | 199 | | Hymns for marriage |
305
| "Jordans formed themselves at his right" | prayer of placing the crown on a postulant | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
306
| "Treasure of Life (Simat-hiia) shone therein" | prayer of placing the crown on a postulant | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
307
| "The jordans, frolicking and dancing" | prayer of placing the crown on a postulant | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
308
| "The jordans all assembled, and Rays-of-light" | prayer of placing the crown on a postulant | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
309
| "Rays-of-light summon the kings" | prayer of placing the crown on a postulant | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
310
| "Channels of light were formed therein" | prayer of placing the crown on a postulant | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
311
| "Upon the Teacher of ʿUthras, Šišlam-Rba" | prayer of placing the crown on a postulant | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
312
| "Blessed is this pure voice and blessed your planting" | antiphonal hymn | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
313
| "O king, thou art a mirror" | antiphonal hymn | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
314
| "How wondrous is the strength of the Great (Life)" | antiphonal hymn | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
315
| "Our father, thou art a king, a son of kings" | antiphonal hymn | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
316
| "Hail to him! Again, hail to the king of kings" | antiphonal hymn | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
317
| "Thou art the Teacher of ganzibria" | antiphonal hymn | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
318
| "My day, what is it amongst days" | antiphonal hymn | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
319
| "Thy strength shall increase, our father" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
320
| "On the day that they set the crown on the king" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
321
| "On the day that the kings assembled" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
322
| "On the day that a vision was verified by eyes" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
323
| "Shine forth, give out light, pure Mirror" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
324
| "Thou enlightenest them by thy word(s)" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
325
| "The Great (Life) rejoiced, It was glad" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
326
| "Our father, thou art a pure mirror" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
327
| "On the day that Myrtle emerged from the Wellspring" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
328
| "Blessed be this škinta of the Mighty (Life)" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
329
| "Oh a burnished treasure art thou" | | | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
330
| "When radiance came forth the white land, Paris" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
331
| "On the day that Šišlam-Rba unfurled his banner" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
332
| "On the day that Šišlam-Rba unfurled his banner" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
333
| "On the day that Sišlam-Rba shook out the banner Pirun" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
334
| "On the day that the banner Šišlamiel was unfurled" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
335
| "On the day that Bihram the Great unfurled the banner Šišlamiel" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
336
| "On the day that Šišlam-Rba unfurled his banner" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
337
| "It hath risen, it hath shone forth" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
338
| "Hibil blessed thee with a great blessing" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
339
| "The Chosen Righteous rose to their feet" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
340
| "Who took up the banner Zihrun" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
341
| "Yawar took up the banner Šišlamiel" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
342
| "Shine forth, let Yawar's radiance shine forth" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
343
| "As head of the three Škinata" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
344
| "The Great (Life) rejoiced; It rejoiced when Yawar looked" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
345
| "On the day that ʿUthras put into Order" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
346
| "On the day that great Bihram furled his banner" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
347
| "On the day that the radiance of the banner Šašlamiel" | | | Banner prayers and hymns |
348
| "On the day that Ayar (Ether, Air) emerged from the Wellspring" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
349
| "Come, come, lofty messenger" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
350
| "On the day that a root of fresh myrtle" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
351
| "This is the Blessed Oblation" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
352
| "I am the white Pihta" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
353
| "The white Pihta am I" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
354
| "I am the white Pihta whose Transplanter was Hibil" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
355
| "The white Pihta am I" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
356
| "The voice of Manda ḏ-Hiia" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
357
| "Behold my oblation" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
358
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
359
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
360
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
361
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
362
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
363
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
364
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
365
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
366
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
367
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
368
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
369
| "When He opened His Garment" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
370
| "They appointed, and the Body consisteth of Radiance" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
371
| "At the Source of the great Stream" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
372
| "At thy name, Predestinate One" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
373
| "And in the name of the Manda ḏ-Hiia" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
374
| "In pure raiment do I stand" | | | | Blessed Oblation prayers and hymns |
375
| "I have blessed, my Lord, all the good things" | petition of "The great Father of Glory", for a bridegroom | | | Blessings after Blessed Oblation |
376
| "Now thou shalt be blessed, our father" | | | | Blessings after Blessed Oblation |
377
| "The Egg, the Hidden Mystery, hath blessed thee" | | | | Blessings after Blessed Oblation |
378
| "May there be health, purity, joy of heart and forgiving of sin" | prayer for the blessed "priest's portion" | | | Blessings after Blessed Oblation |
379
| "Thy propitiatory gift shall provide thy portion" | | | | Blessings after Blessed Oblation |
380
| "I worship, praise and laud that great mystic First Jordan" | | | | Blessings after Blessed Oblation |
381
| "Darkness is crushed back into the Dark" | | | | Blessings after Blessed Oblation |
382
| "Vines shone in the waters" | | | | Myrtle prayers and hymns |
383
| "On the day that Hibil-Ziwa walked with Yawar" | | | | Myrtle prayers and hymns |
384
| "Myrtle, myrtle! The king took it" | | | | Myrtle prayers and hymns |
385
| "All who inhale thy perfume and are crowned by thee" | | | | Myrtle prayers and hymns |
386
| | hymn for consecration of crowns on Sunday | 329 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
387
| | hymn of the Great Šišlam | 305 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
388
| | hymn of the Great Šišlam | 306 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
389
| | hymn of the Great Šišlam | 307 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
390
| | hymn of the Great Šišlam | 308 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
391
| | hymn of the Great Šišlam | 309 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
392
| | hymn of the Great Šišlam | 310 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
393
| | hymn of the Great Šišlam | 311 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
394
| | | 312 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
395
| | | 313 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
396
| | | 314 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
397
| | | 315 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
398
| | | 316–317 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
399
| | | 318 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
400
| | | 319 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
401
| | | 320 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
402
| | | 321 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
403
| | | 322 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
404
| | | 323 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
405
| | | 324 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
406
| | | 325 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
407
| | | 326 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
408
| | | 327 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
409
| | | 328 | | Coronation prayers and hymns |
410
| "Health, victory and forgiving of sins be there for me" | Yahia's Petition ("John's Prayer") | | | Prayer of Yahia |
411
| "Our forefathers, there shall be forgiving of sins for them" | chant of "Our forefathers" | 170 | | Miscellaneous hymns |
412
| "Then, when she (the soul) reacheth the seven mysteries" | questioning of the soul | | | Miscellaneous hymns |
413
| | | 177 | | Miscellaneous hymns |
414
| "On the day when the radiance within Radiance" | bridegroom prayer | | | Miscellaneous hymns |
See also
References
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External links
{{Wikisource|Translation:Qolasta}}
{{Wikiquote|Qulasta}}
;Transliterated texts from the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon
- [https://cal.huc.edu/showsubtexts.php?subtext=74421&cset=H CP 1–103] = Sidra d-Nishmata (primarily based on Code Sabéen 12; CP 5–10 are from Code Sabéen 15)
- [https://cal.huc.edu/showsubtexts.php?subtext=74422&cset=H CP 106–169] = Rahmia (primarily based on MS Marsh. 691 and Drower 1959)
- [https://cal.huc.edu/get_a_chapter.php?file=74420 CP 104–149] = Some rahmia and other prayers (primarily based on the Mubaraki version)
;Audio recordings of Qulasta prayers
- Asut malkia
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTPk-jEuaDY Salutation of Kings (Asut malkia)] (Qulasta 105) recited by Rbai Rafid al-Sabti in the Netherlands (RRC: AUDIO-A2)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBd-Vktasi0 Salutation of Kings (Asut malkia)] (Qulasta 105) recited by Abdullah Khaffagi in Ahvaz in 1960
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouMbwZIIQMc Salutation of Kings (Asut malkia)] (Qulasta 105) recited at a Parwanaya service in Michigan
- Prayers recited by Rbai Rafid al-Sabti in the Netherlands
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlgiQgoSxGI Mn iardna silqit] – "I rose up from the river" (Qulasta 21) (RRC: AUDIO-A12)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Ygq2pUxM0 Nukraiia] (Qulasta 49) (RRC: AUDIO-A9)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saKZb3fn850 Zidana u-mzaudana] (Qulasta 96) (RRC: AUDIO-A22)
- Prayers recited by Tarmida Yuhana Nashmi in Sydney, Australia
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uABm6LKWMas Qadmaiia nukraiia] (Qulasta prelude)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QJ3VFajCg Zhir u-mzahar Zihrun] (Qulasta 2)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUaeG_LiMSI Riha ḏ-basim] (Qulasta 8)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSL_4LnPSNY ʿsir iama] (Qulasta 15)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku_1c6i3-8Y Manda qran] (Qulasta 19)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awDcb_khaIU Hal hiia qadmaiia] (Qulasta 34)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWOzAZcPzyE Ṭab ṭaba l-ṭaba] (Qulasta 72)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7FpKWbh1Dc Qum qum] (Qulasta 106)
- Prayers recited by Najah Choheili in Ahvaz, Iran
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUaUc9rewfI Buta drabša] (Qulasta prayers CP 337–339 = Oxford Collection 4.8–11)
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