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In Mandaeism, a rahma ( myz, ࡓࡀࡄࡌࡀ; plural form: ''rahmia'' ) is a daily devotional prayer that is recited during a specific time of the day or specific day of the week.


Translations

E. S. Drower's version of the Qolasta, the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans'', has 64 rahma prayers translated into English that are numbered from 106 to 169. In Drower's ordering, the rahma prayers directly follow the ''Asiet Malkia'' prayer (''CP'' 105), while the ''Ṭabahatan'' prayer (''CP'' 170) comes after the rahma prayers. Part 1 of the s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection, Oxford Collection in Mark Lidzbarski's ''s:Translation:Qolasta, Mandäische Liturgien'' (1920) contains 60 rahma prayers translated into German that correspond to prayers 106–160 and 165–169 in Drower (1959).Lidzbarski, Mark. 1920. ''Mandäische Liturgien''. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF 17.1. Berlin.


List of rahma prayers

Below, ''Oxford'' refers to Lidzbarski's (1920) numbering, while ''CP'' refers to Drower's (1959) number.


Hourly prayers

The first 13 prayers are recited during the three times of the day for prayer, which are dawn (sunrise), noontime (the "seventh hour"), and evening (sunset). *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 1, ''Oxford'' 1.1 (''CP'' 106): opening prayer *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 2, ''Oxford'' 1.2 (''CP'' 107): dawn prayer *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 3, ''Oxford'' 1.3 (''CP'' 108): dawn prayer *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 4, ''Oxford'' 1.4 (''CP'' 109): noontime (seventh hour) prayer *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 5, ''Oxford'' 1.5 (''CP'' 110) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 6, ''Oxford'' 1.6 (''CP'' 111) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 7, ''Oxford'' 1.7 (''CP'' 112): opening evening prayer Rahma prayers recited after riha (Mandaeism), incense is offered: *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 8, ''Oxford'' 1.8 (''CP'' 113): dawn prayer, after incense *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 9, ''Oxford'' 1.9 (''CP'' 114): dawn prayer, after incense *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 10, ''Oxford'' 1.10 (''CP'' 115): dawn prayer, after incense *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 11, ''Oxford'' 1.11 (''CP'' 116): dawn prayer, after incense *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 12, ''Oxford'' 1.12 (''CP'' 117): noontime (seventh hour) prayer, after incense *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 13, ''Oxford'' 1.13 (''CP'' 118): evening prayer, after incense


Prayers for the days of the week

There are 6 rahma prayers for each day of the week. Each set consists of alternating long and short prayers (i.e., the 1st prayer is a long one, the 2nd prayer is a short one, while the 3rd prayer is again a long one, etc.). ;Sunday prayers *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 14, ''Oxford'' 1.14 (''CP'' 119) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 15, ''Oxford'' 1.15 (''CP'' 120) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 16, ''Oxford'' 1.16 (''CP'' 121) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 17, ''Oxford'' 1.17 (''CP'' 122) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 18, ''Oxford'' 1.18 (''CP'' 123) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 19, ''Oxford'' 1.19 (''CP'' 124) ;Monday prayers *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 20, ''Oxford'' 1.20 (''CP'' 125) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 21, ''Oxford'' 1.21 (''CP'' 126) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 22, ''Oxford'' 1.22 (''CP'' 127) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 23, ''Oxford'' 1.23 (''CP'' 128) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 24, ''Oxford'' 1.24 (''CP'' 129) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 25, ''Oxford'' 1.25 (''CP'' 130) ;Tuesday prayers *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 26, ''Oxford'' 1.26 (''CP'' 131) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 27, ''Oxford'' 1.27 (''CP'' 132) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 28, ''Oxford'' 1.28 (''CP'' 133) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 29, ''Oxford'' 1.29 (''CP'' 134) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 30, ''Oxford'' 1.30 (''CP'' 135) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 31, ''Oxford'' 1.31 (''CP'' 136) ;Wednesday prayers *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 32, ''Oxford'' 1.32 (''CP'' 137) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 33, ''Oxford'' 1.33 (''CP'' 138) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 34, ''Oxford'' 1.34 (''CP'' 139) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 35, ''Oxford'' 1.35 (''CP'' 140) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 36, ''Oxford'' 1.36 (''CP'' 141) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 37, ''Oxford'' 1.37 (''CP'' 142) ;Thursday prayers *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 38, ''Oxford'' 1.38 (''CP'' 143) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 39, ''Oxford'' 1.39 (''CP'' 144) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 40, ''Oxford'' 1.40 (''CP'' 145) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 41, ''Oxford'' 1.41 (''CP'' 146) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 42, ''Oxford'' 1.42 (''CP'' 147) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 43, ''Oxford'' 1.43 (''CP'' 148) ;Friday prayers *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 44, ''Oxford'' 1.44 (''CP'' 149) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 45, ''Oxford'' 1.45 (''CP'' 150) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 46, ''Oxford'' 1.46 (''CP'' 151) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 47, ''Oxford'' 1.47 (''CP'' 152) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 48, ''Oxford'' 1.48 (''CP'' 153) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 49, ''Oxford'' 1.49 (''CP'' 154) ;Saturday prayers *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 50, ''Oxford'' 1.50 (''CP'' 155) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 51, ''Oxford'' 1.51 (''CP'' 156) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 52, ''Oxford'' 1.52 (''CP'' 157) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 53, ''Oxford'' 1.53 (''CP'' 158) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 54, ''Oxford'' 1.54 (''CP'' 159) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 55, ''Oxford'' 1.55 (''CP'' 160)


Saturday evening priest initiation prayers

The 2 prayers for novices in priest initiation ceremonies, recited on Saturday evening (sunset): *''CP'' 161 (not in Lidzbarski) *''CP'' 162 (not in Lidzbarski)


Sunday dawn priest initiation prayers

The 2 prayers for novices in priest initiation ceremonies, recited on Sunday dawn (sunrise): *''CP'' 163 (not in Lidzbarski) *''CP'' 164 (not in Lidzbarski)


"Fruits of Ether" prayers

The last 5 prayers are the prayers for the "Fruit(s) of Aether (classical element), Ether". *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 56, ''Oxford'' 1.56 (''CP'' 165) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 57, ''Oxford'' 1.57 (''CP'' 166) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 58, ''Oxford'' 1.58 (''CP'' 167) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 59, ''Oxford'' 1.59 (''CP'' 168) *s:Translation:Qolasta/Oxford Collection/Part 1/Prayer 60, ''Oxford'' 1.60 (''CP'' 169)


See also

*Brakha (daily prayer in Mandaeism) *''Asiet Malkia'' *''Tabahatan'' *Qolasta


References

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