Unsolved:Hayyi Rabbi
| Hayyi Rabbi | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Hayyi, Life, The Great Life, The First Life, Lord of Greatness (Mar d-Rabuta), King of Light, The Great Mind, Truth |
| Abode | World of Light |
| Symbol | Light, Living Water (Yardena) |
| Equivalents | |
| Manichaean equivalent | Father of Greatness |
| Gnostic equivalent | Monad |
In Mandaeism, Hayyi Rabbi (Classical Mandaic: ࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡉࡀ, romanized: Hiia Rbia, lit. 'The Great Life'), 'The Great Living God',[1] is the supreme God from which all things emanate. He is also known as 'The First Life', since during the creation of the material world, Yushamin emanated from Hayyi Rabbi as the "Second Life."[2] According to Qais Al-Saadi, "the principles of the Mandaean doctrine: the belief of the only one great God, Hayyi Rabbi, to whom all absolute properties belong; He created all the worlds, formed the soul through his power, and placed it by means of angels into the human body. So He created Adam and Eve, the first man and woman."[3] Mandaeans recognize God to be the eternal, creator of all, the one and only in domination who has no partner.[4] "God is worshiped alone and praised as the Supreme Force of the universe. He presides over all the worlds and all of creation."[5]:40
Names
Hayyi Rabbi is also referred to in Mandaean scriptures as Hiia Rbia Qadmaiia ࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡉࡀ ࡒࡀࡃࡌࡀࡉࡉࡀ ('The First Great Life') or Hiia Rbia Nukraiia ࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡉࡀ ࡍࡅࡊࡓࡀࡉࡉࡀ ('The Alien/Transcendental Great Life').[6] Other names used are Mar ḏ-Rabuta ࡌࡀࡓࡀ ࡖࡓࡀࡁࡅࡕࡀ ('Lord of Greatness' or 'The Great Lord'), Mana Rabba ࡌࡀࡍࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ('The Great Mind'), Malka ḏ-Nhura ࡌࡀࡋࡊࡀ ࡖࡍࡄࡅࡓࡀ ('King of Light') and Hayyi Qadmaiyi ࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡒࡀࡃࡌࡀࡉࡉࡀ ('The First Life').[7][8] Kušṭa ('Truth', Classical Mandaic: ࡊࡅࡔࡈࡀ) is also another name for Hayyi Rabbi.
According to E. S. Drower, the name Great Mind or Great Mana refers to the "over-soul" or "over-mind", the earliest manifestation of Hayyi, from which the soul of a human might be seen as a spark or temporarily detached part.[9] In book three of the Right Ginza, Hayyi is said to have "formed Himself in the likeness of the Great Mana, from which He emerged".[10]
In prayers
Many Mandaean texts and prayers begin with the opening phrase b-šumaihun ḏ-hiia rabia (Classical Mandaic: ࡁࡔࡅࡌࡀࡉࡄࡅࡍ ࡖࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡉࡀ), "In the name of the Great Life", (Arabic: باسم الحي العظيم, bism al-Ḥayy al-ʿAẓīm) (similar to the basmala in Islam[6] and Christian Trinitarian formula).
See also
- Absolute
- Ein Sof
- Father of Greatness, Abba d-Rabbuta in Manichaeism
- Mandaean cosmology
- Monad (Gnosticism)
- Ultimate reality
References
- ↑ Nashmi, Yuhana (24 April 2013), Contemporary Issues for the Mandaean Faith, http://www.mandaeanunion.com/history-english/item/488-mandaean-faith, retrieved 8 October 2021
- ↑ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
- ↑ Al-Saadi, Qais (27 September 2014), Ginza Rabba "The Great Treasure" The Holy Book of the Mandaeans in English, http://www.mandaeanunion.com/component/k2/itemlist/category/45-mandaean-identity, retrieved 8 October 2021
- ↑ Hanish, Shak (2019). The Mandaeans In Iraq. In Rowe, Paul S. (2019). Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East. London and New York: Routledge. p. 163. ISBN 9781317233794. https://books.google.com/books?id=taxvDwAAQBAJ&dq=The+Mandaean+Association+of+New+Zealand&pg=PA160.
- ↑ Brikhah S. Nasoraia (2012). "Sacred Text and Esoteric Praxis in Sabian Mandaean Religion". http://isamveri.org/pdfdrg/D201813/2012_I/2012_I_NASORAIAB.pdf.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
- ↑ Drower, Ethel Stefana. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1937.
- ↑ Rudolf, K. (1978). Mandaeism. Leiden: Brill.
- ↑ Drower, Ethel S. (1953). The Haran Gawaita and The Baptism of Hibil-Ziwa: The Mandaic text reproduced together with translation, notes and commentary. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. p. 35, translator's footnote #1.
- ↑ Ginza Rabba. Right Volume (2nd ed.). Germany: Drabsha. 2019. pp. 27–57.
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