Qolasta

The  is the primary liturgical prayerbook in Mandaeism. It is written in Mandaic, an Eastern Aramaic dialect.

Quotes

 * Drower, Ethel S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.


 * I went to the jordan, but not I alone,
 * (for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers, went with me to the jordan;
 * Hibil and Šitil and Anuš went with me to the jordan –
 * they who baptise with the great baptism of Life.
 * Prayer 13 (p. 9)


 * I rose up from the jordan
 * And I met a group of souls,
 * A group of souls I met,
 * who surrounded our father Šitil
 * Saying to him "By thy life, our father Šitil,
 * Go with us to the Jordan."!
 * "If I go with you to the jordan
 * Who will be your witness?"
 * "The jordan and its two banks
 * Will bear witness for us;
 * Pihta, kušṭa and mambuha
 * Will bear witness for us;
 * Habšaba (Sunday) and Kana-ḏ-Zidqa
 * Will bear witness for us;
 * The sanctuary in which we worship
 * Will bear witness for us;
 * The alms that is in our laps
 * Will bear witness for us;
 * And our father who is our head
 * Will bear witness for us."
 * Prayer 21 (pp. 16-18)
 * Prayer 21 (pp. 16-18)


 * Good is the Good for the good,
 * and His nature is set upon those who love His name.
 * We will seek and find, speak and be heard.
 * We have sought and found, have spoken and been heard in thy presence,
 * my lord, Manda-ḏ-Hiia, Lord of all healings.
 * Prayer 72 (pp. 60-61)


 * Šilmai hath baptised us with his baptism,
 * Nidbai hath signed us with his pure sign,
 * The great Anuš-'uthra hath placed living wreaths on our heads.
 * Prayer 85 (p. 60)


 * Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms
 * Bear witness for the soul.
 * Ye will be her witnesses
 * And will pass her through at the toll-house.
 * Prayer 95 (p. 98)