The Mandaean Book of John The Baptist: The Life & Teachings of the Prophet Yahya peace be upon him

THE OPENING CHAPTER

In the name of the living, the great, eternal, distinguished God in the realms of light, the rich, and the most exalted, over all works. We pray to you that you may grant us safety, integrity, strength, stability, and guidance of the mind, and we beg you to hear our prayer and forgive our sins, O Lord of light and giver of life.

THE SECOND CHAPTER

At the entrance to the realm, the Truth stands and asks.
In the name of the great living God. Praise be to his great and sublime light.
At the entrance to the world stands the truth, asking and answering questions about this world.

(Ethra means Angel, Ethri means Angels)

He said, "What is the diameter of the earth?"How far is the earth from the dome of the sky? And what was Adam created from? And what was his wife, Eve, created from? Where did this white sesame oil come from? What water did they come with—this living, running water? 

How many thousands of the Ethri belong to the Yucimir family? 

How many thousands of the Ethri belong to the Shar family? 

How many thousands of the Ethri belong to the Firon family? 

Who caused the great schism that will not stop until the end of the world? Who violated the Great Covenant without reforming it?

Who will be the guardian of the earthly world until the end of the world?

What are the limits of the great spirit (Mana Raba Qabera)?

How many thousands of the Ethri are sitting to the right of the Great Spirit (Mana Raba Qabera)?

How many thousands of the Ethri are sitting to the left of the Great Spirit?

How many thousands of the Ethri stand before the Great Spirit?

What is the purpose of the three robes that are made of light and splendor?

Who takes the jar of perfume and puts it in front of the Spirit (Mana)?

Who among the Ethri accepts prayers and praises and keeps them in the House of Holy Books?

When the fetus is formed, in which spot does it originate?

When a newborn is born to his mother, what scent does he smell?

Who separates the fetus from the uterus in the abdomen of a pregnant woman at birth?

Abthahel spoke and said to him, "I am telling you the truth, and I will explain it to you."

When the earth was formed, its diameter was twelve thousand leagues, and the distance from the earth to the dome of the sky was twelve thousand leagues.

Adam was created from clay. His wife, Eve, was created from the same substance.

White sesame oil was brought from the world of Yochaber Ziwa. This living-running water was brought from the waters of Paradise.

Twelve thousand of the Ethri belong to the family of Yucemir. And twelve thousand of the Ethri belong to the family of Shar. And twenty-four thousand of the Ethri belong to the Firon family.

It was the angel Jochamen who caused the great schism that will not stop until the end of the world.

The angel Abather is the one who violated the great covenant and was unable to close it, and I Abathahel was made a guardian of the world until the end of the world.

The limits of the throne of the Great Spirit are based on the word of life.

Twelve thousand of the Ethri are seated at the right hand of the Great Spirit.

Twelve thousand of the Ethri are seated on the left of the Great Spirit.

Twelve thousand of the Ethri stand before the Great Spirit.

The three robes that are made of light and splendor, each one of them is explained in its place.

The Ethra Shinglan is the one who takes the perfume jar and places it in front of the spirit. The Ethra Samandriel is the one who receives prayers and praises and records them in the House of Holy Books.

When the fetus is formed, it is born as a sperm in the father's pelvis and is transferred to be completed in the mother's womb. When a newborn is born from his mother's womb, it is perfumed with the scent of life.

The spirit named Zahriel is the one who helps separate the fetus from the womb on the birth bed.

Know this, May the living God purify you, and may every being that comes to this place be purified.

The Soul Descends into the Body of Adam

O you chosen and righteous ones who dwell in this world: We have spoken and made clear—be not of the world of darkness, and let your eyes be fixed upon the Place of Light. Turn away from evil, and set your faces toward the good. Through evil, know and discern the errors of the world of darkness. Sustain one another, and your sins and transgressions shall be forgiven. 

Hearken and contemplate and learn, and ascend in peace to the world of Light, where you shall dwell with tranquil eye. How many good discourses and eloquent words of counsel appear before the eye of the cultured and learned! Who will come to speak with me? Who will know me, and esteem my station? 

A certain one who was a king spoke two sayings, fair and plain. There were two kings, of two differing natures: the first is called the king of this world, and the second the king of the Outer Worlds. The king of this world girds a sword, and upon his head he sets a crown from the world of darkness. He unsheathed his sword with his right hand and set about slaying his sons, and his sons set about slaying one another. 

But the king of the Outer Worlds and Lineages sets upon his head a crown from the world of Light—a crown of Truth and Justice—and in his right hand he holds the Book of the Covenant. He teaches his sons, and his sons teach one another. 

Who will come? And who will answer? How was the fleeting world before the heavens were raised and the stars and planets were strewn within them? Before the earth hardened and the sediments congealed in the water? Before the sun gave light, and the moon wandered through this world? 

The Breath of Life was created in Kana, in a fair and gentle clime where it felt neither hunger nor thirst. The Breath of Life dwelt in a storehouse where there was no want and no fault. The Breath of Life sat enthroned, and a wreath of Ayar was fastened upon its head. Its eyes were two sources of light, gazing toward the Great Life, and its mouth, perfect in purity, sang praise to the King of Light. 

In the moment that Evil was conceived, evil burst forth within it. It erupted with immense wrath and declared war upon the world of Light. So a Messenger was sent to subdue it. 

They mingled the Living Water with stagnant water. They cast resplendent Light into the depths of darkness. They introduced the perfumed Breeze into the fury of the winds. They thrust Living Heat into the devouring Fire. They brought down the Soul—the pure Treasure—and housed it in the perishable body of Adam. 

From fire and water one of the heavens was wrought, and the earth was rounded and made firm. From fire and water were formed the fruits, the vines, and the trees. They brought forth the Messenger and dispatched him unto the end of the Lineages. With a resounding cry he drew near to the clamorous, raging world. And at the Messenger’s call, Adam awoke from his slumber and went forth to meet him, saying: “In peace has come a Messenger who loves Life. He has come from the house of my Father, where He established Life and Reverence and Beauty, and set them firm in their places. He made a throne for Himself, while Damutha sits sunk in sorrow.” 

The Messenger said to Adam: “Fair has your throne remained, yet your Counterpart is drowned in grief. All remember you with good. I have been sent to teach you and to deliver you from this world. Hearken, and obey, and learn, and ascend pure to the world of Light. 

O Adam, hear and believe—blessed is he who heard and believed.
O Adam, take the Covenant—blessed is he who takes the Covenant after you.
O Adam, look well and ascend—blessed is he who ascends after you.
Hearken, and hear, and learn, and ascend in peace to the Place of Light.” 

Shem, Son of Noah, Fights the Devil

Upright in truth, Shem speaks and teaches. Shem, son of Noah, steadfast in righteousness, turned his face toward his Lord and said:
“My hour has come, and I long to be gone. The departure terrifies me, for I do not know the shape of the road ahead. No soul—neither saint nor sinner—has ever gone beyond and returned, that I might ask: What is the way, and how shall I walk it?
What have I laid before the One who bestowed me with life? What price have I paid to the One who shielded me? I rise whole, casting off the sediment of this world. None have come to seek me out. I ascend cleansed, leaving defilement behind. None have come back to ask of me and say: Arise, let us wander together. What wisdom did you glean, and what did you offer in return? 

Words have filled my ears: All who bear provisions to the threshold shall cross. But he who comes empty-handed shall sit in vigil till his hair turns white with waiting, yearning for passage like a man who keeps watch for harvest in a field unsown.
I labored through night and day. I wed, and I reared children, as is the custom of this world. I tended my son as my father once tended me. Yet wrath overcame me at this world—my son strayed from my path, and my daughter never crossed the vast sea of oblivion.”
My brothers did not come with me, and my sisters hid away my provisions. My wife, who loved me, will be grieved by memory; she will weep for me each day—no, each hour. I set my hands to my work, and they bore me through its doing. 

And when Shem, son of Noah, spoke thus, a messenger of the Creator came to him and said:
“Let it not frighten you that you took a wife who showed you no love, yet bore you sons. Had there been no wife in this world, neither heaven nor earth would have been wrought. Had there been no wife in this world, the sun would not have risen, nor would the moon have given its light. Without the wife, there would be no water of life, nor would the seeds take form. Without the wife, the wind would not stir, nor would fire be kindled. 

For the wife is as water, as sky, as earth, as flame. And when your sons grow tall, your name endures in the world—it remains. They will keep the rites and bear your body, escorting you to your final rest. They will chant the hymns for your ascent, and for your sake they will give alms, that blessing and forgiveness may be granted unto you.
Shem, son of Noah, said: A messenger came to me from Heaven and told me, “Do not fornicate, lest punishment be bound upon you. Do not steal, lest the curse descend upon you. And do not blow the Devil’s pipe, lest you become fuel for the Fire.” 

The messenger of the Living One spoke and said to Shem, son of Noah:
“To the Fire go the fornicators, and upon thieves a grievous torment shall fall. As for those who sing the songs of the Devil, a blazing fire shall devour them. Arise and ascend to the Abode of Perfection—to the realm of the Good, where the sun never sets and the lamp of Light is never quenched; the place where there is no falsehood, no want, and no loss.” 

Shem and the Powers of Darkness

Upright in truth, Shem preaches and guides and says: “Have I wrought some sin, some trespass, that the generation of want and deficiency has come? The generation of transgression, where the children of darkness instruct them, and so they have become my foes.
The First Life forgot me, and so too the Second. Neither asked after me. A great strait has seized me, and endless, unyielding dread has taken hold. Sorrow befell me until the tears poured forth.

 
Nimros plotted and declared to the fiends: ‘By our hands the son of the Chosen One has fallen. Obey me, that we may tighten our snares upon him. Let us fill his ears with a deafening roar to make him forget the heavenly teachings. Let us captivate him with our melodies and our songs, till he remembers no more the appointed hours of prayer.
Obey me, that we may encompass him and tempt him to become a chieftain. And if he will not, we shall consign him to prison and cast him into a black, terrible darkness. He shall be forsaken in our stations, and forget the place from which he came. But if he yields, we shall lift from him the great fear.’ Thus spoke the fiends, the seducers of this world. 

Shem, son of Noah, head of the lineage, said: ‘Begone, begone, you keepers of ill! Fire shall be your recompense, for your words avail nothing. Though you plot against me, my eyes remain fixed and do not blink. My ears hearken only to prayer and praise, and hear not the songs of falsehood. My mouth remains full of hymns, far from the cadences of injustice. And my hand, which gives alms, shall remain pure—unstained by killing in this fleeting world.’” 

My heart, which beats in the name of the Great Life, has never been stirred by the instruments of mirth and song. My breath, which shall surrender itself in truth, will not fall into the raging Fire. My body has not been defiled by fornication, nor has it been caught in the snare of the Seven.
My knees, which bowed to the Great Living One, have never bowed to idols or graven images. My feet, which walked the path of truth and faith, have never trod the roads of falsehood and transgression. 

I kept the soul in its purity. Life did not terrify me, for in goodness it remembers me. I feared not this fleeting world; I sought the complete and perfected Life. I lifted my eyes to Heaven, and my soul gazed longingly toward the Abode of Perfection and the Venerable Life.
May the Living One purify us. 

Shem Resists the Children of the Underworld

Steadfast in the covenant, Shem preaches and teaches and guides. Shem, son of Noah, firm upon truth, says: “The children of the Underworld are my foes, and through them my burdens have grown heavy. 

And the fiends declared: ‘We shall shackle him with fetters, that he may no longer gaze toward the Place of Light. We shall isolate him in this fleeting world, and cast him away to the farthest edge, distant from the realm of Light. We shall heap upon him wrath and anguish until he forgets the Creator who fashioned him. 

We shall bind him with our great secret, unknown even to the Helpers. We shall veil him in a vast prison, that he may forget the heavenly teachings. We shall nullify his great love for the Lord, until he falls into our world and learns our tongue and the doctrines of our master. We shall afflict him until we confound him, then burden him with care, so that the nightly hymns vanish from his mind and thought. We shall catch him in our snares, that he may never ascend to the Place of Light and the Great Life.’
Thus spoke the fiends , who desire not to behold the Light. 

‘Your secrets have not ensnared me, nor have your transgressions drawn near to me. My ears have not hearkened to your discourse. I shall not forget my Idyawari, nor shall I listen to your unjust calumnies. My Lord shall not depart from my mind. Though your wrath and tyranny swell against me, I shall not cease the performance of my hymns. Your world cannot hinder me, for your schemes and stratagems have come to naught. 

Behold—I have not ceased from my prayers at their appointed hours. I have not forgotten the Great Living One, nor has His remembrance departed from me. I have not consented to the company of women, nor have I forgotten my brothers, the angels. I have not fallen into the circle of deviation and oblivion. The invocations of the Fathers abide with me, and my grasp upon the Teachings is unyielding. Your vain song shall not take me captive, for with me are my prayers and my hymns. 

I thwarted your cunning for the sake of the Lord, so that your song would find no place in my creed. Who can forget the Living Family and the Life Eternal, and love instead this perishing life? Who can forget the doctrine of Light and the praise of the Great Living One, and heed the false summons of this world? Who can forget the prayer and supplication of the Fathers, and their hymns, and shut himself within the temple of the mortal body—full of breaches, faults, and maladies? 

When I seek the pardon and pleasure of the Lord, He shall raise me to my Counterpart in the dwellings of Light. As for the vain, perishing body—lord of the house in this fleeting world, this world shrouded in blackness and gloom—the feet of servants shall trample it.
I shall ascend to where the Great Living One abides, and I shall dwell there. And I shall not forget my Helper. May the Living One purify us. 

Shem Resists the Wicked

Steadfast in the covenant, Shem son of Noah preaches and teaches and says: “I am a stranger to this world; I am no son of it. My Counterpart is not from Nothingness, and my lineage is not of this world. The wicked shall not ensnare me. 

The fiends rose anew and spoke to me: ‘O pure man, you have no lord, and no lady. Your place is thronged with the wicked. Alone—what have you done? Who healed you? Who bound the wicked in their stronghold? Who set you free and shattered your chains? Who aided you and cleared the snares from your path, and so became your deliverer?
The world has been abandoned by its master, and forsaken by its architect. All who shunned our deeds and beware our wiles have ascended to the Place of Light. And you—now in our hands—shall be bound with chains and cast into the darkness of prison, where your Helper cannot reach you, and your Creator shall not inquire after you.’
And when Shem, son of Noah, was bewildered by his plight, a messenger came to him from the Great Living One to grant him victory, to topple their strongholds, and to breach their fortress. 

The Messenger said: ‘Why did you weep, O Shem? Behold, I have come swifter than the blinking of an eye. What have the wicked done to you? And why have they fastened false charges upon you?’”
He said, “Because I kept the prayer, and loved my brothers, the angels.”
The Messenger said: “The angels shall aid you in the world of Lights, for the Eternal Living One knows their intents. Be at peace, O Shem. Who told you that the wicked could imprison you within their stronghold? The man whose name is written in the House of the Great Living One—the wicked are powerless to shackle him in their fortresses, nor shall he fall into their dens.
Your oppressors are passing away. But you shall ascend to the world of Light. May the Living One purify us.” 

The nineteenth chapter of the prophet John the Baptist's book

Prediction of the birth of Prophet Yahya, peace be upon him.
In the name of the great living God. Praise be to his great and sublime light.
A chosen newborn from heaven - a secret revealed in Jerusalem (Al-Quds).
A dream was seen by a priest. Evil confusion has occurred. A disturbance occurred in Jerusalem (Al-Quds).

One day, at dawn, a priest went early to the sanctuary of the Lord. His deceitful lips spoke evil, as he said to the priests. When I lay down at night, I saw a vision. I was neither drowsy nor asleep, and I did not fall asleep that night. I saw a star descending on Enishbi, then a blazing fire rose at the door of Zachariah's house. I saw three lamps. The sun has set, and the lamps are lit. The lamps lit up the House of Meetings, and their smoke headed toward the Temple.

A disturbance occurred in the heavenly bodies, and the earth quaked. A meteor descended on the Jews, and another meteor descended and fell in Jerusalem. I saw the sun at night and the moon shining during the day. When the priests heard that vision, their faces turned pale, and they cast dust on their heads. And Eleazar spoke and said to the priests, "Who among you can interpret dreams to explain to us this dream that you have seen?"

He also said: The priest, Yaqif, the interpreter of dreams, did not express his opinion to us. The priest, Benjamin, is also an interpreter of dreams, but it is not his habit to keep your secrets hidden. As for the priest, Tabyumin, he did not mention anything about the content of the dream.
A sudden voice came from the earth (by order of heaven) directed at Uzair, saying, “Go to the priest, Liyulik, for he is the one who will explain to you the dream that you have seen.”

Uzair spoke to the priests: "Who will go to Liyulik to interpret the dream for you? Then they wrote a letter and handed it to the priest, Tabyumin. He took the letter and went to Liyulik, and he found him asleep in his bed, having not yet awakened.
A palpitation occurred in the heart of Liyulik that frightened him. Tabyumin approached Liyulik and began to shake him to wake him from his sleep. He handed him the letter and explained to him the full details of the dream, as I mentioned. Liyulik got up from his bed naked, cast dust on his head, and fetched the dream book.

He opened it and read it silently, and he wrote to the priests a letter explaining what he had read and reminding them that Enishbi would give birth to a son in Jerusalem. Woe to you, old and young! Woe to you, Torah teachers! John will be born in Jerusalem and will abide by baptism; he will be called a prophet in Jerusalem. He also wrote to them in his letter that the planet that landed on Elizabeth was a child appointed from the high heavens and given to Elizabeth.

As for the fire that was kindled in the door of the house of Zacharia, it was that John would be born in Jerusalem. Tabyumin took the message and headed towards the temple, where he found the priests all waiting for him. The letter was handed over to Eleazar. Eleazar opened the letter, read it silently, and knew what important words it contained. Then he handed it to Zacharias without reading its contents to the priests. Zacharia silently read it too and brought it back to Eleazar's hand.

Eleazar spoke and said to Elder Father Zecharia, "Elder Father, leave the town of Judea, lest a conflict arise in Jerusalem. Zacharia raised his right hand and hit Eleazar on the head and said to him, "O Azar, you great scholar, high priest of all, if you knew yourself, you wouldn't attempt to enter our church, and if you knew yourself, you wouldn't attempt to read the Torah. Your mother was a reckless woman who did not reform herself and did not enter the house of her father-in-law as a virgin, and your father did not have enough money to write a divorce document for her to rid himself of her.
Is there ever a day when we come to you without mentioning Musa, son of Imran? Is there ever a day when we come and do not arrive at your church? How do you mention something about me that you did not hear and did not make sure of? Who is the deceased who died and came back to life? That Enishbi should give birth to a son! Who is the blind person who opened his eyes? Who is the person whose leg was cut off and then put back on his body? Who is the dumb person who came back to talk and explain that you told me your wife would give birth to a son? Now twenty-two years have passed, and I have not had intercourse with my wife. If this happens, then it is not because of me and it is not because of you, and glory be to the One who has blessed me and blessed you.

All the priests got up and started talking to Elder Father Zacharia, saying to him, "Sit down and calm down, Elder Father Zacharia. May the calm of the good people possess you. If there were no dreams among the Jews and if there were no visions in Jerusalem, then what Moses mentioned becomes a lie.

The dream that we have seen will come true, and John will appear, abide by baptism, and be called a prophet in Jerusalem.
The elder father came out from behind them, and Eleazar followed him. Then he saw three lamps walking behind Zacharia, so he grabbed Zacharia by the hem of his robe and said to him, "O Elder Father, what is going before you and what is following you?"

The Elder Father said, "O Azar, great scholar, chief of all priests, the light that goes before me, I do not know for whom it guards; and the fire that follows me, I do not know for whom it is. It is not my job, and it is not your job, that Enishbi will give birth to my son.
All the priests got up and started talking to Elder Father Zacharia, saying to him, "Elder Father, rest yourself and have a family, for a son from the highest heaven has been created and granted to you in your old age."

He will be born and abide by baptism; he will be known as a prophet in Jerusalem; we will be baptized in his name and signed with his pure sign.
We will take from him the holy bread (Bahtha) and the potion of blessed water (Mambuha). And we will ascend through him to the realm of light.

All the priests got up and started talking to Elder Father Zacharia, saying to him, "We will tell you about your origin and your fathers, from whom you were born. You are from the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Musa, son of Imran, and from the family tree of these: Beni Amin, Rishi, Baziri, Zaki, Zakuni, Ramesh, Maherman, Rabin, Judah, Zerab, Razi, those who built the priests’ hall, Hani and Hanani, as well as the one who wrote the Torah, who is called Tus the Great (Tus Raba).

Likewise, Ram and Ishmael and Tabyumin, as well as Berechi (Berechiah) of your forefathers, and you, O Elder Father. Each of them had a son in their old age who became a prophet in Jerusalem. If a prophet comes from you, you will be attributed to the lineage of prophets, and John will receive revelation and be called a prophet in Jerusalem.

Eleazar spoke and said to Elder Father Zacharia: "If John abides by baptism, then I will be his servant; I will be baptized in his name; I will be signed with his pure sign; I will take from him the holy bread (Behtha) and drink from him a potion of the water (Mambuha); and through him I will ascend to the realm of light."

The Elder Father spoke, saying to all the priests, "If a son is born from the highest heaven, what would you do in Jerusalem? Indeed, they brought the fetus from the waters of Paradise and implanted it within the womb of Elizabeth.
May the living God purify you, and may every being that comes to this place be purified.

The Babylonian Princess Miriai (first story)

In the names of the great living God. Glory be to his exalted and sublime light.
I am Miriai, the daughter of the king of Babylon. The daughter of one of the great leaders of Jerusalem, I was born of a father and a mother who were sinful Jews (Yahutai), and I was raised by the priests who used to take me in their chariot to the temple, the weak house that Adonai gave them to sweep and clean. In that house, there is no stability, there is nothing to support the poor, and there is no human kindness, which causes me aches in my hands and arms. My father went to the meeting house, and my mother went to the temple. My father went and said to me, and my mother went and forewarned me, saying, close your inner door and lock the padlocks. Beware that you go to the great market and have the rays of the sun of the Lord fall on you.

I, Mariai, did not hear what my mother told me, nor did what my father warned me about reach my ears. I opened the inner door and went outside. I locked the door and went out to the big market, and the sun's rays fell on me. I wanted to go to the house of the nation (the meeting house) of the Yahutai, but the road took me to the house of worship for the Mandaeans. I entered and found my brothers and sisters (in belief) standing, reading religious lessons; my brothers studying lessons; and my sisters reciting religious hymns.

Because of the sayings in their lessons and in their hymns, I fell asleep in my place. My brothers went and did not wake me, and my sisters went and did not move me. You were my sister in the covenant, and you had to wake me from my sleep and say, "Get up, Miriai," before the dawn breaks and the early cock crows. Before the sun rises and spreads its light on the world, and before the priests of the Jews and their sons go out and sit in the alleys of the ruins of Jerusalem, and before your worldly father comes and attaches to you a charge that you did not commit, I, Miriai, hid the prayer book and the hymn book before the time of dawn and before the early cock crows. Before sunrise and before light shines on the world.

The priests of the Jews and their sons went out and sat in the alleys and ruins of Jerusalem. My worldly father came to me and attached an accusation to me that I did not commit and said, "Where did you come from, you adulterous bastard, and how did you get out if you did not come near the chains and padlocks? Where did you come from, you raging dog, if you did not come near the chains and padlocks? Where did you come to me? You tattered piece of cloth that has stained our garment and offended my reputation. She said, "If I am an adulterous bastard, then take off the locks of your house, and if I am a raging dog, cut the chains and fetters off of me, and if I am a tattered piece of cloth that stains your garment, then remove me from it."
The father said," Come to watch Miriai, who left the Jewish law and loved the Lord of the Mandaeans. Come to watch Miriai, who left the colored clothes and dyes following the Mandaean teachings. She left gold, silver, adornment, and beauty, and she loved the turbaned man."

Miriai told him, "I don't hate a lover. I don't hate a father who loves his daughter, and I do not abandon my great living Lord, who has given me strength and support in this world and who will take my hand to the realm of light."
Let dust be in the mouths of the Yahutai (sinful Jews) and ashes in the mouths of all the priests, and the ruins that are under the horses' feet will be the portion of the mighty and arrogant leaders in Jerusalem.
May the living God purify you, and may every being that comes to this place be purified.

The Babylonian Princess Miriai (second story)

I am Miriai, the vine and the towering tree standing at the source of the Euphrates. The leaves of the tree are precious stones, and the fruits of the tree are pearls. The branches of the vine are rays, and its leaves are a radiant light. Perfume flowed into the tree and spread to all worlds, making them fragrant. The birds of the sky spread out and settled on the tree, to build their nests and to settle in and enjoy, not to mate. From its branches, they eat food, and from its inside, they drink refreshing drinks. Their food does not run out, and their drink is not wine.

After the birds settled on the tree, winds and storms came that shook the trees and brought down the weak birds, so they fell and crashed into the tree, causing the leaves to fall off.
The birds fled from their places, except for a portion of them that remained and did not flee because they grabbed the tree with their claws and wings until the winds and storms passed. But there are those that did not hold on, so they disappeared after those storms subsided.

Woe to those who are not patient and do not believe, and from the tree they fly and flee, and blessed are those who cling and remain steadfast.
So beautiful is the tree of life and the beautiful birds that clung to its branches and endured the passage of winds and storms, so happiness came back to the world, and the birds got back to singing and building their nests to settle on the tree.
A white eagle descended, gazed, and saw the birds. He hovered, then landed on them, flapping his wings, and settled on the tree. The birds spoke to him and said to him, "By your life, eagle, you came to us."

How strong were the winds that stormed us? There were strong storms that uprooted the trees and shook us until they plucked out the feathers of our wings. There are those who have clung and resisted the winds and storms, and they did not fall off, and there are those who flew and fled.
We speak to you, eagle, and we urge you to keep these birds as long as you hover in the air and see everything that happens on the ground.

These birds, my brothers, are tired of winds and storms, so what do you do for them? The eagle said ,"I will explain the scene to you, my brothers. These birds, it happened that the shocks drove them away from me and damaged the wings that lift them up. Their wings were plucked out, and they were humiliated, so they took refuge in the grass. Bats and hawks attacked them, ripping their meat and devouring the fat birds among them. Woe to those who become as nasty as the polluted water. They are the followers of darkness."
Blessed are you, O birds, who withstood on this vine and became a power for Miriai—the vine at the source of the Euphrates.

Listen and know, O birds, that I have come near you, my brothers, to strengthen your position in the earthly world and to make you a place of settlement on earth.
I came to reassure Miriai, to heal her with a dose of water, and to take care of the families residing on the highlands of the Euphrates River.

Miriai said, "I will carry the water in a white vessel to water my good seedlings, my good sons, and I will sacrifice and carry it in my arms for that light that shone."
I will sacrifice, suffer, and serve water. So blessed is he who drinks from this water, for he will be healed and happy, and his family will thrive. Those who drank from this water bore good fruits after their branches embraced and the trees blossomed. As for those who do not drink this water, they will bring forth toxins and gallstones.

Woe to those who do not follow the path that I walk; woe to those who do not overcome obstacles, for they will lose eternal life (Simat Hei, mother of the angels).
The angel said, "My brothers, stand firm and abide by the honorable covenant. Be a voice for Miriai. Be a strength for Miriai."
May the words of the great living God be chanted and exalted throughout all the world to shake and awaken the sleepers.

The eagle flew from the tree, then turned and performed the prayer of mercy, then said, "Hear my words, my brothers. Persevere and endure the torment; be supporters of Miriai; be a strength for Miriai, for she is honest and faithful.
Woe to the great scholar Uzair, who supports the wicked in Jerusalem. Woe to the mayor, Zatan, who has falsely testified to Miriai.

A large number of educated Yahutai (sinful Jews), old and young, gathered and went to Miriai, saying to each other, "Miriai is a woman who broke away from the priests, fell in love with a man, shook hands with him, and held their hands, then went and settled on the highlands of the Euphrates. We demand to kill Miriai after she is flogged in Jerusalem."
We will put up a gallows for the man who corrupted Miriai and made her leave her religion. He who entered Jerusalem in disguise will not let him live another day on earth.
Annulment of the covenant and the praise of Jurasalem's dove
The Yahutai (sinful Jews) gathered all of them and went to Miriai, where they found that a chair had been erected for her on the highlands of the Euphrates, a white flag had been fixed in front of her, and a sacred religious book had been placed in her bosom, with which she read aloud, to which the whole world would be humbled.

She was holding the religious stick in her hand (the pole) and was bound by a religious belt (Hamyana) around her waist. She converted to the Mandaean religion and sang heavenly hymns; all people were humbled; the fish gathered in the river and the birds flew from the source of the Euphrates to hear the sayings of Miriai; nobody got drowsy nor fell asleep.
Miriai cared nothing for the world, and the air was perfumed around her with good smells, so when the Jews saw that, they clenched their fists, struck the front of their chests, and wept.

Miriai's mother spoke, with her tears flowing like brooks, and she said to Miriai, "Look at me, for I am your mother, and you are my daughter, and the daughter of the chiefs of the great court of Jerusalem. Do you not remember a souvenir, Miriai? The Torah was in your bosom; you opened it and read it. And you found in it what guided you. I put these external keys in your hand, and the internal house keys are put back in the box. 

The priests and their sons came with me to kiss your hands. If you wish, open the door for them; if you do not wish, they will go and return to their place. A thousand people were standing, and two thousand of them were sitting, bowing their heads to you like effeminate slaves, waiting for a word from you to return to Jerusalem. Why did you forget your brothers, and why did your mind turn away from the priests?

Do you not see that the young women weep in the land of Judah as well as the men and women in Jerusalem? The women took off their gold and bowed with all their hearts out of love for you and said, "We will not spend our money until Miriai comes, and we will melt the jewels that have troubled us." Then they threw the precious silk garments into their boxes.

They are standing on the rooftops of houses and praying to see you in Jerusalem, and they made vows wishing that you would come back with me and stay near us.
My daughter, come with me, roam the city of Jerusalem, and hang your bell, for no bell has sounded since the day you left. Leave this man and get rid of him, for he is the one who exposed you and took you away, as he is not from your country. Come and leave him in his world; we will not be held responsible if you return to your home land with me.
Come, teach the children to write and read, and rewrite the Torah on leatherette paper. The day you take it, the dust will be sweet, and the cups will dance and come to your bosom and hear your words. When Miriai heard these words, she laughed with her chest before her mind and said, "They were not Yahutai (sinful Jews), but bad, vain priests. Those who stood and worshipped the domes and temples were not faithful Jews and would be cast into the realm of darkness."

Then she said to them, " Go, you polluted lunatics. You were not from us nor our people, just as I was not a woman who left for the unbelievers. I did not love a man to marry him, and I did not leave to return to you and meet you in the temple of evil. Go away and get out of my face, as you have testified against me falsely and slanderously. You accused me of adultery and theft, and you accused me of what you did.
Blessed be He who delivered me from captivity and placed my feet here. I did not commit adultery with him, nor did I commit theft in this world.

The testimony that you testified against me turned to prayers and praises that strengthened and educated me and made me, Miriai, a pious priestess on the highlands of the Euphrates River. A pure eagle came, whose wings covered the world, and flew over the Yahutai (sinful Jews), and drew them with his wings, bound their legs, and carried them away to the swamps in which the rotten ones float.

He dipped them into the water to become food for the swamp's animals, then he plunged their ships into the ends of the waterways to swallow them up. He destroyed the temple of the Lord and set fire to Jerusalem, and he cast upon the people a veil of suffocating mist to destroy those who had killed the clergy (Tirmidhi) in Jerusalem.

The bird came down near Miriai and spread its wings for her. Then he asked and inquired of her, advised her, and established the pledge of sincerity for her, and he gave her a strong hug, carried her, and returned her to her chair. Then he said to her, "Look at me, the good creature, and mention me in the presence of the great living God. I am a faithful messenger who came to you. I am the being who responded to your request and asked you for an ovenant as pure as running water.

Then Miriai said to him, "O good Ethra, the Ethra that the great living God has sent to us. Your light and your radiance have shone in the realm of light. Whoever follows your words will return to the pure world in the joy of eternal life, and his insight will be twice as sharp. And whoever does not hear your words will lose his stability and dignity."
We pray for the Yahutai (sinful Jews) to be enslaved and for all the priests and their sons to be servile slaves. As for you, Ethra, and me and you, brothers, we will unite and ascend in peace to the realm of light.
May the living God purify you.

The forty-sixth chapter of the prophet John's book, peace be upon him

A call comes from the messenger of the great living God.
A call comes from the messenger of the great living God. A call from the great living God. The messenger of the great living God calls and preaches to people, saying, Everyone should keep himself. Blessed is he who is mindful of himself and directs his thoughts in the direction of righteousness. Blessed are the righteous who ascend to the realm of light. Woe to the person who counsels others but does not counsel himself. Woe to the one who crosses the roads without first making a good path for himself to walk on safely.

Woe to the mason who does not construct a good structure for his afterlife. Woe to the envious eyes that wish evil on the people in this world. Woe to the big belly, which is never satisfied no matter how much it is fed. Woe to the person who has two tongues and pronounces two judgments on the same matter. Woe to the ignorant people who are taught yet do not learn. Woe to the idiots who do not seek wisdom for themselves.

Woe to the wise if no one benefits from his wisdom. Woe to the rulers who pronounce harsh judgments and do not execute justice; they will be thrown into the blazing hellfire while counting coals with their hands and blowing the flames with their lips. Woe to the evil mind that has been dominated by evil and gripped by hatred; it will vanish as the world vanishes and will perish and not enter the realm of light.

Blessed are those who do good deeds, and woe to those who do evil. Woe to the person who receives money, but no one benefits from it or from his food because he commits sins for himself and for his afterlife.

Blessed is he who has been given sustenance, and people have benefited from his food. He has done good deeds for himself, and his good deeds will be noted for him in the hereafter. His good deeds will come to pass before him, paving the way for him to reach the realm of light. If your hands work sincerely, you will ascend and see the realm of light.
May the living God purify you.

The first speech of the Prophet John, peace be upon him

The Prophet John receives a robe of light from the Great Living God.
John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night. John teaches his disciples and says, " In the name of the Creator Anur, the divine being who appointed me, through whose praises my soul is purified and kept away from disgraceful and irreparable deeds."
The underworld's angels questioned me, saying, "In whose power have you repented? And with whose praise have you gained knowledge?

I responded, "With the power of the Creator, I have repented, and with the praises of the divine being who has chosen me, I have gained knowledge. I have not come to have a home among the Jews, and I have not come to set a throne for myself in Jerusalem. I have not come to receive wreath offerings, and I have not succumbed to temptations. I am not used to tolerating imperfection, and I am not a drinker. I do not like eating for my body, and I do not envy anyone who does. I have not stopped the night prayers or abandoned the pure running water, as I still adhere to baptism and the holy religious ceremonies.

I have not forgotten Sunday and its beginning, as I have not forgotten Shelmi and Nedbi (the two angels who maintain the running water), who dwell in the house of perfection, where they purify and educate people and raise them without defect or blemish. When John made these statements, the Great Living God praised him for them from beginning to end, and the angels of the underworld greeted him and prostrated themselves before him, saying to him, "Not one of the statements you have made came as a falsehood. There is no voice like yours; it is tender and sweet. The speech that comes out of your mouth is enjoyable, and the words that you say are reverent."

A robe of light was given by the Eternal Great God to Adam, the first man (the chief of the first round), and a robe of light was given from the Eternal God to the man Ram (the chief of the second round), and a robe of light was given from the Eternal God to the man Shorby (the chief of the third round), and a robe of light was given from the Eternal God to Sam, the son of Noah (the chief of the fourth round).

O John, a robe of light will be granted to you from the eternal living God when you ascend to the afterlife and when the abandoned house of work is ascended through you.
Everyone who has been purified will be near you in the realm of light, but those who have not been purified will be held accountable.
May the living God purify you.

The second speech of the Prophet John, peace be upon him

The angel of the sun brings a crown of light for the Prophet John (peace be upon him).
John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night.

John teaches his disciples and gives his distinctive heavenly talk. The angel of the sun was in his halo, and the angel of the moon was in his orbit. One by one, the four winds of the earth stopped blowing and stood still. The angel of the sun spoke and said to John in Jerusalem, "I have brought for you a crown with three haloes of light, each as radiant as the light that is sent to the earthly world. I have prepared for you a ship that goes here in running water, just as I have prepared for you a great boat that goes here in the waters. So when you go to the eternal abode, mention this in the presence of the Lord."

John spoke and said to the angel of the sun in Jerusalem, "You are the halo of light, and your request will not be forgotten. Your crown's light will be kept by perfect guards, and this ship of shining splendor and its boat have been prepared to go through the waters."
In the end, the angel praised John and said to him, "The woman who enters your law and goes to the brothel to commit adultery, then approaches her legal husband to have children, will not get what she wishes, and after she departs from this life, she will not deserve to be directed towards the eternal abode and will not reside in the place of perfection.
Glory be to the great living God.

The third speech of the Prophet John

Enishbi (Elizabeth) talks about John.
John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night. John teaches his disciples and says, "I am not alone; I go somewhere and come back. Who is the prophet who attained my status? And who studied like my studies and spoke like my heavenly sayings?
When John stated these words, the two women, Miriai and Enishbi (Elizabeth), wept, and their tears streamed down, and they replied, "We pass away, but you live, so protect us; so that we do not face difficulties during the ascension in the sky; we depart, but you remain; so protect us, lest torment befall us.

John spoke and said to Enishabi (Elizabeth) in Jerusalem, "When I ascend through heaven and pass through the eternal abode, you are the one who redeems me. If you want to ransom me, bring your money and ransom me. If you want to ransom me, bring your jewelry and ransom me. If you want to ransom me, bring your gold and ransom me. Enishbi spoke and said to John in Jerusalem, "Who could attain your status among the Jews, and who could achieve your position in Jerusalem that I should ask him for help while I forget you?"

Who could be like me and have the blessing of someone you care for? You declared and said to me, "Through my words and the teachings of my book, I nullified the Torah in Jerusalem. Because of my hymns and the utterances of my supplications, the readers stopped chanting in Jerusalem. The sinners left their immorality, and the women quit dating the wicked. The brides, while they were in their wedding wreaths, came to me with their tears falling to the ground. The fetus in its mother's womb heard my words and cried. The merchants ceased their trade among the Jews, and the fishermen ceased their hunting in Jerusalem."

The women of the Children of Israel left wearing dyed-colored clothes. Young women refrained from wearing gold jewelry. The women did not put on their scarves. These women and men did not adorn themselves and did not look at their faces in the mirror. And you also said, "Because of my words and the teachings of my book, the waves of water rose like pillars, and because of my words and the teachings of my book, the fish saluted me."

Because of my sayings and the teachings of my book, the birds spread their wings, prostrated themselves, and said, "Blessed are you, O John, and blessed is the divine being to whom you prostrate. O, John, you have been chosen and purified, and free of sins, you will leave the earthly world. Women could not seduce you with their charms and words, nor could they attract you with their perfumes and smiles. You have never drunk wine, and the remembrance of your Lord has never ceased in your mind. You are blessed and purified, and your chair is forever located in the house of eternal life."
May the living God purify you.

The fourth speech of the Prophet John

A call from heaven commands people to repent and do righteous deeds.
John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night. While John was teaching his disciples, a call came from heaven to the earthly world, saying, "O you who are racing to do evil deeds, repent and do good deeds to prepare a path for your hereafter. O you who take usury, give it up to find a way to your hereafter. O you who sleep in fragrant wreaths, wake up and prepare a way for your hereafter. O you who wear bright clothes and silk, get up and make a way for your hereafter. 

O you who sleep with beautiful wives, rise to the prayer, so that you may find a way for your hereafter. We have noticed the sons of the true believers (Bahiri Zadqa) leaving the earthly world without having read the words of the great living God in the world. Despite the supplications of ascension (Masiqta), they did not help the deceased attain the aura of light. Although the baptism ceremonies were conducted, they were not accepted as part of the heavenly rituals.

When John stated these words, Yaqif, Benjamin, and Miriai spoke and said to John in Jerusalem, "O, John, we adjure you by the great living God to whom you prostrate. As we adjure you by the savior (Habshaba) and by his birth day and honorable name. Since when do the sons of true believers leave for the afterlife without having read the words of the great living God? How could it be that the supplications of ascension do not help the deceased attain the aura of light? Since when are the baptism ceremonies not accepted as part of the heavenly rituals?"

When Yaqif, Benjamin, and Miriai said this, John spoke to them and said in Jerusalem, "There will come a time when John's disciples will be killed by the Children of Israel (Jacob). Then, some time later, Muhammad the Arab will be born from the descendants of Ishmael, and he will call people to believe in and prostrate themselves before the Great Living God. In the last round of the end times, there will be fewer righteous believers, and stability and peace will vanish from the world."

There will be fewer Mandaean houses of worship (Meshkini), marriage ceremonies and celebrations will change, as will the baptism (Masbata) and the ascension ceremonies (Masqita). At that time, husbands will sleep with their wives during the postpartum month. Evil, lying, and corruption will spread, and murder will increase in the world. I implore you, O pure ones, to refrain from doing evil deeds, lest you descend into darkness, and that you worship sincerely our one and only Lord, the King of the Sublime Light, whose name is praised.

The fifth speech of the Prophet John

Prophet John preaches to women.
John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night. John teaches his disciples and says, "Keep up the prayer, my brothers. Beware, my brothers, of the machinations of women. All plots could be stopped, and all sins could be forgiven. Except for the machinations of women, because they last for thousands of years without being nullified.

The woman who becomes defiled and does not regain her purity by swimming in water will be swallowed up by a dark mountain. She who is defiled and does not regain her purity will not cross the great, deadly sea. Whoever defiles herself and does not purify herself will be given torn underwear. The female who defiles herself and does not purify herself will have dead children born to her, and heaven and earth will curse her because she has polluted the pure waters and revealed hidden secrets. The sun and the moon will curse her with an evil curse. When you sleep with your wives, wash yourselves with water. Wash your heads first, then pour water on your body. If you miss a single dry hair on your head, your purification will not be accepted, as it is water that cleans us in this world.
May the living God purify you.

The sixth speech of the Prophet John

Rid yourselves of the works of the earthly world and get married.
John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night. John teaches his disciples and says, "I was in my isolation house. I have neither changed, twisted, nor allowed evil thoughts to enter my mind. I did not commit to their work or walk on their path. I read and explained to you the prayers you should keep in this world.

Brothers, do not change or twist, as I do not accept lies from you. Save yourselves from the works of the earthly world and from this false abode. First examine the woman, then marry. Do not marry an immoral woman, for a burning fire will consume you. The woman who sleeps with her husband and does not cleanse herself will wear torn underwear. A woman who sleeps with her husband and does not purify herself will give birth to dead children. The woman who sleeps with her husband and does not purify herself will be cursed by heaven and earth because she has polluted pure water and revealed hidden secrets, and the sun and the moon will cast a severe curse upon her.
O chosen ones, my brothers, save yourselves in this false abode. When you sleep with your wives, adhere to purity and cleanse yourselves. Start washing from the top of your head and then your body. If you miss a single dry hair on your head, your purification will not be accepted.

My brothers, spare yourselves from the machinations of women. All intrigues could be undone, and all impurities could be cleansed, except for the schemes devised by women, for they remain for thousands of years without having been overturned.
May the living God purify you.

The seventh speach of the prophet John

My beloved ones who prostrate themselves to the Great Living God, their sins and misdeeds will be forgiven.

John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night. John teaches his disciples and says: O believing men who are sleeping; O believing women who do not wake up. O, sleeping believers, what deeds will you offer for the Day of Judgment? O backward, worn-out, and damaged world, your men are dead, and your books are full of falsehood.

Where is Adam, the first man who was here as the chief of the first round? Where is his wife Eve? who from them the world multiplied. Where is Sheitel, the son of Adam, with whom dynasties and generations arose? Where are Ram and his wife, Rod, who were saved from the round of destruction (the first round)? Where are Shorbi and his wife, Sharhabeel, who were saved from the round of fire (the second round)? Where are Shem, son of Noah, and his wife, Nehuritha, who were saved from the flood of water (the third round)?

They all left life and did not return, and they set guards for this earthly world, waiting for the great day (the Day of Judgement). People and generations are tempted by demons who are like flabby bulls awaiting the day of slaughter by the sons of the earth. They are the fat males that are offered in the markets for sale.

My loved ones who prostrate to the Great Living God will have their sins and misdeeds forgiven.

May the Living God purify you.

The eighth speech of the Prophet John

A letter reached the Prophet John in which was mentioned the following:

Generations have not been convinced, and not all people have been convinced. Generations were not convinced by the messages of truth that reached this place. They took the letter and handed it into the hands of the Yahutai (sinful Jews). They opened it and read it, but they did not know the meaning of what it contained, and there was nothing in it that they desired and there was nothing that pleased their souls.

They took the letter and handed it into the hand of the prophet John and said to him, “O great Elder John, this is a letter that came to you from your fathers.” John opened it and read it and found valuable information in it. He read it and was filled with great joy and said, This is what I am looking for, and this is what my soul desires. John will depart from his body, and his brothers (disciples) after him will teach and spread his teachings in the Mount Carmel Range. He wrote the letter to them and explained to them the information it contained. So Yaqif, Benjamin, and Shmuel took it and went up to the Carmel mountain range.

There they heard the angel Mandadhi calling from heaven, saying, I have come for you, O breath of life. They sent you to the earthly world, and you appeared in human form to the people. As for me, I came out with a robe from the Great Living God and then came into this world in a form like the seven in their garments. I came and took the eighth robe and held it in my hand. I took it to hand it to him. I will hand it to him, and he will not leave it. I took it and will hand it over to those who bear witness and enjoy good things. What made you cry, O generations? What made you sad, O nations? and made your strength collapse and your light fade? I came to you. I came to my brother and entered this world to save you.

May the Living God purify you.

The ninth speech of the Prophet John

The fire will not burn you, and the sword will not cut you, John.

John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night.

John teaches the disciples and says, Is there anyone more knowledgeable than me to measure the level of my deeds, calculate my rewards, my status, and my praises, and calmly organize my message? Yaqif left the House of the Ummah (the meeting house), Benjamin left the Holy House (the Temple,) and Uzair, the great scholar, left the hall of priests.

And they said to John in Jerusalem, O John, get out of our country. John, get out of our city. Because of your words, the nation’s house was shaken. And because of the phrases of your book, the Holy House shook. And because of the words of your hymns, the hall of the priests in Jerusalem shook.

John spoke and said to the priests in Jerusalem, Bring fire and burn me; bring a sword and cut me down. The priests spoke and said to John in Jerusalem, The fire will not burn you, John, since the name of the living God is mentioned on you. The sword will not cut you, John, because you are the son of the great life who has appeared here.

May the Living God purify you.

The tenth speech of the prophet John

A group of Yehutai (sinful Jews) asking about punishments.

John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night.

John teaches his disciples and says, The Highlands will decline. And the homes of the arrogant will disappear. There is no one to tell me well done so that I do not rush and say to him, “Woe to you inside this world.” The Yehutai (sinful Jews) gathered and went near John, peace be upon him, and said to him, O John, We swear to you on the King of Light whom you prostrate to. We also swear to you, O John, on the Savior and the dawn of his revered day and whose name is glorified. If someone commits adultery, what will be his punishment? If someone commits theft, what will be his punishment? Every man who leaves his wife and marries another, what will be his punishment? Every woman who commits adultery, what will her punishment be? Whoever goes to astrologers and magicians to do evil, on what account will he be held accountable? Whoever drinks alcohol in wine bars to the point of saturation (drunkenness) and commits sins inside, by what account will he be held accountable? Whoever goes near prostitutes and sows his seeds by deception, and pregnancy occurs as a result, and the woman takes toxic substances to cause abortion, then she goes to the market and throws it away. You know the eyes of the fetus see its mother, but the mother does not see the fetus. To what account will that woman be held accountable? Whoever has sex with his wife and does not cleanse himself with water, to what account will he be held accountable? A woman who does not bathe in water after intercourse, to what account will she be held accountable? Whoever has sex with his wife on the first day she is cleansed of menstruation and impurity, to what account will he be held accountable?

Whoever takes usury and usury from gold and silver, by what account will he be held accountable? Whoever collects gold and silver and does not pay alms for it, by what account will he be held accountable? Whoever commits shameful acts, by what account will he be held accountable? Whoever smells good and does not mention the name of the great living God, to what account will he be held accountable? Whoever dyes his hands and feet and changes the appearance given to him by the Creator, by what account will he be held accountable? Whoever wears colored, dyed, and black clothes, how will he be held accountable?

When the Yehutai (sinful Jews) mentioned these words, John, peace be upon him, shouted and said, God forbid that the great and broad light should accept a portion of the wrongdoers. Whoever commits adultery will be destined for Hell. Anyone who commits theft is imprisoned in a dark mountain. Anyone who commits adultery with a female relative will be destined for hellfire and be delivered to the spirit world. Anyone who commits adultery with a widow will be imprisoned in a dark mountain. Anyone who commits adultery with a young woman will be tortured in a double wheel, and his eyes will not see the angel of judgment (Abather). Every man who leaves his wife and marries another will be tortured in the vessels of ice and fire. A woman who commits adultery will be fuel for the fire in the oven, and her eyes will not see the abode of eternal life. Anyone who goes to astrologers and magicians to harm people will be tortured in vessels of ice.

Anyone who drinks alcohol in wine bars to the point of saturation while there is drumming and singing and fornication taking place inside them will be cut into pieces with a toothed saw, and his eyes will not see the angel of judgment. Anyone who goes to a prostitute and sows his seeds in her by deception, and she becomes pregnant because of him, then takes poison for the purpose of abortion, or goes to the waste places, digs a hole, throws the fetus in it, covers it with dust, and tramples it. When the fetus dies and the mother cries over it in secret, as the fetus’s eyes see its mother but the mother does not see the fetus after its death, then this mother will be imprisoned in the purgatory of rabid, savage, mute, and deaf dogs, and her eyes will not see the angel of judgement (Abather), and her name will be deleted from the abode of eternal life.

Anyone who has sex with his wife and does not cleanse himself with water will dwell within the world of the jinn (Leolithin). The fate of a woman who does not cleanse herself with water is that she will be slapped one slap after another, cursed by the pure sky and the boundless stream of water, and the Guardian of Light will strike her, and her name will be deleted from the abode of eternal life. Every man who has sex with his wife on the first day she cleanses herself of menstruation and impurity will be held in a cloud of darkness. Whoever takes usury and usury of gold and silver and does not pay alms from it will die two deaths, and in the first he will be delayed and left behind. 

Anyone who smells a pleasant scent and does not mention the name of the Great Living God will be held accountable at the House of Accounts (the house of Abathar). Anyone who uses weapons and swords to do evil under the influence of Satan will be held accountable. Whoever dyes his hands and feet and changes the form given to him by the Creator will hold the coals with his hands and blow out their flames with his lips; he will seek death and not die, and the angels will not approach him, nor remove his misfortune, nor alleviate his distress. However, the intended person will see the world of light since the baptism he had in the running water is not canceled by the prison punishment. Whoever wears colored and black-dyed clothes will be dressed in black and covered with darkness, and he will wear sandals on his feet, on which are evil spirits and goblins, and they will be delivered to the spirit world and imprisoned there in the purgatory of the spirit world. 

I preach to you and explain to you, O good and faithful souls who bear witness to the Great Living God, so do not do disgraceful deeds so that you do not descend into the world of darkness. Preserve this, for the mercy of the Great Living God will not cease from you. Purified is the being who arrived at this place and conveyed this information.

May the Living God purify you.

The eleventh speech of the prophet John

Giving gifts and alms.

In the names of the great living God, glory be to his sublime light.

John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night. John teaches his disciples and says, This enlightenment of mine is only from the words of the Lord, for I shine and illuminate you through the praises of the One who appointed me. Free yourselves from the works of this mortal earth, from this false abode, from the eye that winks evil, and from the deceitful lips.

Say, “Our Lord, have mercy on us, save us, and protect us from shameful and unforgivable actions.” Pray, my brothers, and maintain your prayers. Turn away my brothers from shameful and unforgivable acts. Remember my words, O Students, and be kind and humble.

Love the Savior and respect His day (Sunday). Give a lot of alms, as it is more important than the wife and children. Give gifts and alms in a gentle way, like the hand bringing food to the mouth. Give gifts and alms, as it is like a blind person asking for a guide to guide him. He who does not give gifts and alms will have no crossing set up for him on obstructing rivers.

Whoever does not give gifts and alms will not be provided with a crossing over the great dividing sea. Whoever does not give gifts and alms, his eyes will not see Abather (the angel of judgement). Woe to the wicked and devious people who forget alms and do not give it. They forget and do not give alms, and they forget the One who will save them. My brothers, get used to giving alms and love the Savior who will prepare a crossing for you on the great dividing sea.

There will be thousands upon thousands standing on the beach, and thousands upon thousands on the coast waiting. Out of every thousand, one man crosses. Out of every thousand, one woman passes over, and out of every two thousand, two pass over. The souls cross (Nishmatha) that yearn and work to reach the world of light. Praise be to your name, the King of the highest light, for you do not abandon your lovers.

The twelfth speech of the prophet John

Prophet John baptizes Masih Isa (Jesus) in the Jordan River.

John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night.

John teaches his disciples. A light shone upon the world. The disciples said, It is the turn of Isa. (Ishu) John said, “Who is Isa?” They said, To Isa the Messiah, son of Maryam (Ishu Mashiha, bar Maryam). John said, Who told Isa to go to the river bank? Isa came forward and said to John, O John, baptize me with your baptism and mention on me the name you mention. If you want me to become one of your disciples, then let it be with a document that I will mention to you. If you do not want me to be one of your disciples, then delete my name from your book.

John spoke and said to Masih Isa in Jerusalem, The sinful Yahutai Jews said about you that you lied to them, deceived the priests, and forbade men from procreation and women from pregnancy and childbirth. You canceled the law established by Moses in Jerusalem. You lied to them with your statements and mouthpieces and introduced dyes into cosmetics.

Masih Isa spoke and said to John in Jerusalem, If I have lied among the Yahutai of Jews, I will be consumed by the burning fire. If I had deceived the priests, I would die two deaths for one. If I had forbidden male reproduction, I would not have crossed the great, destructive sea. If I have forbidden women from pregnancy and childbirth, then the account is confirmed before me. If I have stopped practicing the law of Moses, I will be consumed by burning fire. If I had introduced dyes into cosmetics, my eyes would not have seen the angel of judgment (Abather). O John, baptize me with your baptism and mention on me the name you mention. If you want me to become one of your disciples, then let it be with a document that I will mention to you. If you do not want me to be one of your disciples, then delete my name from your book.

John spoke and said to Isa in Jerusalem, The mute could not fit to be an interpreter. A blind person could not write a letter. The house of ruin could not shine. The widow could no longer become a young virgin. Stale water could not become fresh, and a stone could not dissolve in oil. Masih Isa spoke and said to John in Jerusalem, The mute could fit to be an interpreter. A blind person could write a letter. The house of ruin could shine, and the widow could become a virgin. Stale water could become fresh, and a stone could dissolve in oil.

John spoke and said to Masih Isa in Jerusalem, If you explain these answers to me, then you are the wise Messiah. Masih Isa spoke and said to John in Jerusalem - The mute person becomes interpreted like a boy born to a woman (of an unknown father) who grows and keeps giving gifts and alms. He establishes himself by giving gifts and alms. When he leaves the earthly world, he will see the realm of light. As for the blind person who could write a letter, he is like an evil person who has abandoned adultery, abandoned theft, and believed in the Great Living God, then he becomes a good person and is accepted. A house of ruin that shines like a rich, arrogant person who left his estates, abandoned his foolishness, and built a house on the sea with two open doors. If a poor person came to him, he would open his door and welcome him. If a rich person came to him, he would open his door and welcome him. If the guest asked him for food, a delicious meal would be prepared for him. If he asked him for a drink, a cup of drink would be prepared for him. If he asked him to sleep, a comfortable and safe bed would be prepared for him. If the guest wished to leave, he would prepare a safe and straight path for him. When such a person leaves this worldly life, he will see the realm of light.

The widow who could become a young virgin woman is like a wife whose husband died when she was young, so she protected herself from evil and waited until she accomplished raising her children. When she leaves for the afterlife, her face will not be hidden in front of her husband, and she will be held accountable as a young virgin. The stale water that could become fresh again is like the immoral woman who repents and becomes honorable, so she goes up to one neighborhood and comes down to another without removing her veil from her face. Her repentance will be accepted. The stone that could dissolve in oil is like a heretic who came down from the mountains and abandoned magic and sorcery and believed in the Great Living God, and he visits the orphans, and feeds and takes care of the widows. His sins will be forgiven. O John, baptize me with your baptism and mention on me the name you mention. If you want me to become one of your disciples, then let it be with a document that I will mention to you. If you do not want me to be one of your disciples, then delete my name from your book, you will be held accountable for your sins and I will be held accountable for mine.

When Masih Isa mentioned this, a message descended from heaven (from the house of Abathar - the Angel of Judgment) in which it was said, O John, baptize Masih Isa with running water, then the Prophet John lowered Masih Isa into running water and performed baptism on him. After he baptized him with running water, Masih Isa ascended to the shore of the river. The Holy Spirit appeared in the form of a dove and drew a cross in the water and made the water emit different colors and said, A voice came from the sky saying, The water sanctifies me and sanctifies my seven children, then the water in which Masih Isa was baptized became like a narrow stream.

The piece of bread that Masih Isa ate (the Bahtha) was changed by the Spirit into a mass. The dose of water that Masih Isa took (the Mambuha) was changed by the spirit into an offering. The turban that Masih Isa took was changed by the spirit into a hat. The priest's religious staff (the mechanized one), which Masih Isa took, was changed by the spirit into a manual staff. John said (Yahya Yohanna): Be careful, my brothers, and keep prayers. Beware, my brothers, of the god that the sculptor creates, because God is the one who created the sculptor, but the sculptor creates a false god to worship him.

Praise be to the Great Living God, may He purify us.

The thirteenth speech of the prophet John

The marriage of the Prophet John and the number of his children.

John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night. John teaches his disciples and says, The celestial spheres and chariots shook. The angels of the sun and the moon cried, and the eyes of the soul sprinkled with tears and said, O John, you are like a burned mountain that does not produce flowers in the earthly world. You are like a river whose waters have dried up and no seedlings can grow on it. You are like a ruined house, and everyone who looks at it feels afraid. You have become like a land that has no owner, as if no prophet had come to it to improve it, and the evil that you do not remove will show its effect after you are gone. O John, Who will take care of you and provide you with food? Who will go behind you to the cemetery?

When John heard these words, tears flowed from his eyes, and he said, Happy is he who marries, and honorable is he who is blessed with children. However, after I get married and sleep and longing come upon me, I will stop praying at night. When I am overwhelmed by longing and desire, I will forget my Lord from my memory. When I am overwhelmed by longing and desire, I will stop praying at all times.

When John said this, a message was sent down to him from heaven (from the council of the angel Abathar, the Angel of Judgment), in which it was mentioned, O John, take a wife for yourself and make a family for yourself as mercy from us to the earthly world. So we exempt you from performing prayers at dawn on Monday and dawn on Tuesday to devote yourself to marital requirements; at dawn on Wednesday and dawn on Thursday, perform your luminous prayers; at dawn on Friday and dawn on Saturday, observe marital requirements. At dawn and on Sunday, perform your luminous prayers. On Tuesday, perform the prayer three times and leave it for three times, and we forgive you as a help from us to the earthly world.

So John chose a wife for him from the neighborhood of Al-Adilin, whose name was Anhar, and he married, and from the first pregnancy his wife gave birth to Handan and Sharat (two daughters), and from the second pregnancy she gave birth to Bahram and Rahimat Hi (a boy and a girl), and from the third pregnancy she gave birth to Ensab, Sam, Anhar Ziwa, and Sharaita (two boys and two girls). These three births took place in the suburbs of Jerusalem. John spoke and said to Anhar in Jerusalem, You discipline your daughters so that they do not deviate, and I teach and educate my children so that they do not fall behind. Anhar spoke and said to John in Jerusalem: I have borne children for you in this world, but I did not put any thought into it.

If they wish to be educated, they will rise to the world of light, and if they do not wish to be educated, they will be consumed by the burning fire. John spoke and said to Anhar in Jerusalem, After I leave this earth to heaven, what will you do after me? She said to him, I will not eat or drink until I meet you and see you. John said, “What you mentioned is false, O Anhar, and your words were issued deceitfully. A day will pass and a day will come, then you will eat and drink and forget me from your memory.” However, I implore you by the Great Living God and the dawn of his venerable day, after I leave the earthly world to heaven (after death). Tell me, what will you do after me? She told him, “I will not wash or comb my hair until I meet you and see you.” John said: What you mentioned is also a lie, O Anhar, and your words were issued deceitfully. A month will pass and a month will come, then you will wash and comb your hair and forget me from your memory. Then I implore you by the first bed we slept in together after I leave this earthly life. Tell me, what will you do after me? Anhar said, I will not wear new clothes until I meet you and see you. John said: What you mentioned is also a lie, Anhar, and your words were issued deceitfully. After a year passes and another year comes, you will wear new clothes and forget me from your memory.

Anhar said: You debated with me so much and called all my answers lies. After you go at any time, you come back, and my eyes fall on yours, like a guilty woman in detention with a bell hanging for her in the church. Like a young woman who is isolated during the wedding week and spreads the marriage bed in the church, and like the groom’s friends conducting the celebration during isolation, then pay his expenses in the cemetery. John said, Oh, my Lord, how could this happen? How can a guilty woman be in detention and have a church bell ring for her? How can a woman who is in quarantine during the postpartum month be allowed to go out and bring water to the church? How is it allowed for a married woman, who is in isolation during the wedding week, to spread her husband’s bed in the church? How do the groom’s friends conduct the celebration during the week of isolation and pay for his expenses in the cemetery? Anhar said to John: When you know that these actions are not permissible to happen, why do you ask me? When you will come back, I will go and not come back. Happy is the day you will see me.

John said: If going and coming back is real, there will be no widow in this world. If going and coming back is real, there will be no orphans in this world. If going and coming back is real, there is no need for guides and teachers. If going and coming back is real, there will be no need for religious scholars in this world. Anhar spoke and said to John in Jerusalem, I will buy you a grave at the highest price and make you a coffin for the cemetery. John spoke and said to Anhar in Jerusalem, Do you think that the grave that you will buy at a high price and the coffin that you will bring to the cemetery will give us hope that we will come back and the dirt will not cover us?

Then the grave that you will buy at a high price, distribute its money as food for me, and the coffin that you will make for the cemetery, pay its price for the readings of mercy for me so that you can help me ascend (the Masqata). Anhar spoke and said to John in Jerusalem: If you go and forget me and leave me in the abode of sins, and if I forget you, you will forget us in the eternal abode. If I forget you, my eyes will not see Abather (the angel of judgment), and if you ascend to the eternal abode, your sorrow will remain in the cemetery.

Praise be to the Great Living God, may He purify us.

The fourteenth speech of the prophet John

John explains his formation, birth, upbringing, and education.

John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night. John teaches his disciples and says, The celestial spheres and chariots shook. The inhabitants of the earth and the heavens cried and shed their tears, and he said: My father was ninety-nine years old, and my mother was eighty-eight years old. They brought me from the waters of paradise. They took me, delivered me, and put me into the womb of Enishbi (Elizabeth). I remained in her womb for nine months, as all fetuses do. No midwife participated in my birth among the Jews. And they did not cut my navel in Jerusalem. They did not establish for me the false birth limits, nor did they attach the bell of evil to me. I was born from Enishbi (Elizabeth) in the city of Jerusalem, the city of the council of priests, and it was my birthplace.

Uzair, the great scholar, stood up and shook his head, so the Yahutai gathered, and he brought them near Elder Father Zacharia and said to him, My brother, Elder Father Zacharia, the one who gave you a son took pity on you. Tell us, What do you want us to call him? If we name him Yaqif the Wise, he will master the Holy Book in Jerusalem, and if we name him Zatan, the mayor of the Yahutai, they will believe in him and not disbelieve him.

When Enishbi (Elizabeth) heard their words, she shouted out and said, I do not want these names that you mentioned, except for one name that was assigned to him. His name was coined as John Johanna (Yahya Yohanna), and this name was given to him by the Great Living God.

When the Yahutai heard this, they were filled with evil anger against her and said, “What weapon should we use for the child and his mother to kill them by our hands?” Angel Ensh Athara heard their words, so he took the newborn and ascended him to the White Mountain (Barwan Tora Hiwara), where the young children were fed and raised on the juice of the fruits there.

John said, Until I was twenty-two years of age, I mastered wisdom and completed all my studies. They dressed me in white clothes like light, covered me with a cover of light, and tied a religious belt for me (Himanah belt), like the waves of water, illuminating and radiating from beginning to end. Then they sat me in a boat shining with light, and at seven hours on Sunday they brought me to the city of Jerusalem.

Load shouts started among the Jews, and a caller began to call out among the people in Jerusalem, saying, Who had a son given to her and her son was stolen? Who made a vow and asked for something about it? The woman who was given a son and she lost him let her come here and get to know him.

One of the women there called Libata said, To which house does the boy belong? And it became clear to her, and she knew the boy, and she went to Enishbi (Elizabeth), saying, A boy has come to the Jews; a prophet has arrived in Jerusalem (Al-Quds). A boy came to the Jews, and next to him stood a guiding man. The boy's mouth resembles your mouth, and his lips resemble the lips of the elder father Zacharia. His eyes resemble your eyes, and his forehead resembles the forehead of the elder father Zacharia. His nose looks like yours, and his hands look like the hands of Elder Father Zacharia. When Elizabeth (Enishbi) heard these words, she went out without a scarf. As soon as Zacharia saw this behavior from his wife, he wrote her an abandonment document.

Then the angel of the sun from heaven and the angel of the moon from among the stars addressed him. The Angel of the Sun addressed Elder Father Zacharia in Jerusalem, saying, O Elder Father Zacharia, your wife’s womb has become pregnant after she has grown old and lost its fruit, like an Arab whose right has been lost. A boy came to the Jews—to Enishbi (Elizabeth), and she ran to see him, so why did you divorce her? Enishbi (Elizabeth) arrived at the river, and as soon as the son saw his mother, he jumped out of his boat. He jumped and fell on his mother Enishbi (Elizabeth) and kissed her on the mouth. When the angel Ensh Ethra saw that, he spoke and said to John in Jerusalem: Was it written for you in your book and explained to you in your law that you could kiss a Jewish woman on her mouth? John spoke and said to the angel Ensh Ethra in Jerusalem.”I stayed in her womb for nine months, as all fetuses stay, and she was not bored with me, so now it does not bother me to kiss her on the mouth. In any case, blessed is every person who takes care of his father and mother. The person who takes care of his father and mother—there is no one dearer than him in the world. When John mentioned this, the angel Ensh Ethra agreed with him and knew that John had become wise.

The angel Ensh Ethra spoke and addressed the angel of the sun from Jerusalem and said, “Guard for me the young man whom the Great Living God has sent.” Guard him until we come back to take him. The angel Ensh Ethra spoke and addressed the angel of the moon from Jerusalem and said to him, Guard for me the young man whom the Great Living God has sent. Guard him until we come back to take him.

Praise be to the being who has arrived at this place. May the Great Living God purify you.

The fifteenth speech of the Prophet John

Masih Isa (Jesus Christ) asks the Prophet John (Yahya) about Nashamatha (the breath of life).

John teaches his disciples in the evening of the night. John teaches his disciples and says, I am not alone. Because of my words, the planets shake, the heavenly chariots are disturbed, and the winds remain still and stop outside the world. The angel of the sun and the angel of the moon cried. The earth and the heavens were sad. Isa (Christ) spoke and said to John (Yahya) in Jerusalem, I implore you, John, by the Great Living God who and by the Savior whose name is revered. I implore you, John, by the path that the chosen ones follow and do not stop. Tell me about Sakina Sauriel (Ezrael, Angel of Death). What does he look like? When the breath of life (Nashmatha) is separated from the body, tell me what it will be clothed with. What does it resemble within a mortal body? Isn't blood similar to the breath of life (Nashmetha) that infuses the body and is connected to it? Isn't the breath of life like the air that heads toward the mountains and is restrained and calmed? Is not the breath of life like the dew that falls on the fruits and disappears? After Masih Isa (Jesus) asked these questions, John (Yahya) shouted loudly, and tears flowed from his eyes, and he said, It is the mercy of the Most High King of Light when he wants a share of those who repent. He said: Blood is not like the breath of life that infuses the body and is connected to it. The breath of life is not like the dew that falls on the fruits and disappears. The breath of life is not like the air that heads toward the mountains and becomes trapped and calm. The breath of life is one of the secrets of the great living God, wrapped around, concealed, and trapped in a vanishing body. After the breath of life is separated from the body, it ascends to the sky in a radiance of light.

Sakina Sauriel (the Angel of Death) consists of three radiations. When he is directed towards the wanted person, these radiations are emitted at him. The first radiation is released on him in the evening. The second radiation is released when the rooster crows early. The third radiation is emitted when light appears. These rays then penetrate the body and become lodged in it, separating the breath of life (Nashmatha) from the legs and knees. Then the radiation travels closer to the flank, separating it from the flank. Then it goes towards the heart, holding it. Thus, it descends into the chest, pressing on it. Then the breath of life is subject to its master. The eyes, face, and lips begin to tremble, and the tongue becomes paralyzed. Sauriel sits on the forehead of the deceased, saying, Come out, O breath of life, from the body you were maintaining. The breath of life says to him, “Separate me from my body, Sauriel.” Give me a robe, separate me, and give it to me. Sauriel says, “Show your good deeds, for they are what give you your robe, so I will wear it for you.” Then it says to him, “I don’t know, O Sauriel, that my time has arrived, and you are quickly sent to me. I would have done good deeds to help bring my robe so you can wear it for me.” Sauriel (the angel of death) says: Haven't you seen a dead person before you? Didn't you see people taking him to the cemetery, crying, trembling, and wailing? How often they said and how often they confirmed that death was coming with no doubt about it. How many bodies were buried after the breath of life (Nashmatha) was separated from them, then four people go carrying them to the cemetery with other people who tremble, shout, and scream until they bring the body to the pit, cover it, and bury the pit.

The women would stop wailing, and the men would leave the cemetery, each with his own story. They leave the body in the grave and go back to drinking, eating, and forgetting the deceased person. The breath of life said, “If you can, O Sauriel, keep me in my body until the next day, so that I can sell all of my money and distribute it in shares among my children so that I can take my robe that will lift me into the world of light.” Sauriel said to it: Is it possible for a newborn who comes out of his mother’s womb to enter back into it again? I will hand you over to the abode of the wicked for distributing your money among your children, and I will take you out of here and clothe you with a robe of darkness. You did not protect yourself in the earthly world and did not direct your mind to the world of light. You will remain in the abode of the wicked until the day when the heavens and the earth cease.

Glory be to the Great Living God.

The wisdom and sermons of the prophet John son of Zacharia

In the name of the great living God, may He enlighten your minds, thinking, and understanding with these wise sermons that John son of Zacharia explained and announced to the religious jurists (Nasurai) who are covenanters and believers, so he said, If you have the strength, be a pious and righteous person (Bahiri Zadqa) who understands all matters and fights for them, like a king who fastens a crown on his head and declares war on the world of evil people and liars and their followers. If you do not have the ability to be pious and righteous (Bahiri Zadqa), then be a sincere jurist (Nasurai) like the diligent farmer who works on the land, and organize it and plant cedar trees in it so that it becomes a refuge for the righteous (Shalmani) who become a source of strength for the righteous men (Bahiri Zadqa)and through their actions, they obtain the weapon of faith, which is represented by covenant, faith, justice, knowledge, insight, wisdom, learning, culture, steadfastness, prayer, praises, giving of food, wages, alms, tranquility, forbearance, humility, character building, honesty, kindness, sobriety, honesty, purity, integrity, piety, compassion, mercy, sincere love, contemplation, and thinking about the Great Living God. These characteristics are explained as follows:

1- The essence of your covenant is that you do not evade your words, deceive, or lie.

2- The essence of your faith is to believe in the Great Living God, the King of the Supreme Light, who exists and confirms all good deeds.

3- The essence of your justice is to hold yourself accountable.

4- The essence of your knowledge is not to associate others with the Great Living God.

5- The essence of your insight is not to throw yourself into vices (destruction).

6- The essence of your wisdom is not to wreak havoc and not to mock those who worship.

7- The essence of your learning is to interpret and explain the words of your Lord.

8- The essence of your education is not to neglect the words of virtue offered by good intellectuals.

9- The essence of your steadfastness is that you do not break your word.

10- The essence of your prayers and praises is that you do not get used to sleeping a lot.

11- The essence of your charity and alms is feeding the hungry and giving water to the thirsty.

12- The essence of your forbearance is not to curse, get angry, or be moody.

13- The essence of your humility is that the remembrance of your Lord does not cease from your mouth.

14- The essence of your righteousness is to build yourself up and accept the advice of the wise.

15- The essence of your honesty is not to say what you do not know.

16- The essence of your kindness is to respect all people.

17- The essence of your sobriety is to think and then speak.

18- The essence of your trustworthiness is that you do not desire or take anything that is not yours.

19- The essence of your purity is to avoid impurity.

20- The essence of your integrity is to protect yourself and avoid harmful actions.

21- The essence of your perfection is not to be arrogant towards someone who is older than you.

22- The essence of your compassion is to help the poor and the oppressed.

23- The essence of your glorification is to glorify the country from which you come.

24- The essence of your mercy is to have sincere love for your pious brothers who follow the guidance of their Lord.

25- Your most intense contemplation and thinking about the Great Living God will be on the day you leave your body.

26- A just person is like a perfect balance with no tilt.

27- The upright person is like a just judge who does not lie in his rulings.

28- The believer is like a farmer who plants and produces good and sweet fruits.

29- The knower is like a creative builder who builds and coordinates the building with all beauty.

30- The discerning person is like a creative sculptor who carves beautiful statues with great perfection.

31- The wise man is like a skilled worker who understands everything.

32- The creative teacher is like a luminous lamp that illuminates from left to right.

33- The strong one is like a lofty mountain that repels storms from the places of righteous believers.

34- The one who chants prayers and praises is like a believing merchant who the more his wealth increases and multiplies, the more he gives alms away.

35- The almsgiver is like a full meal served to the hungry.

36- The calm person is like a sweet, fragrant fruit.

37- The humble person is like water that descends and spreads everywhere by the will of the Creator.

38- A competent person is a person who has a good reputation and works, clarifies, and directs.

39- The gentle and advising person is like a mountain full of flowers, trees, and winds.

40- The committed person is like an honest guard who does not take bribes, no matter the pressure on him.

41- The founder is like an elaborate meal decorated with all kinds of fruits.

42- The pure person is like a spring of clear, pure water without any impurities mixed with it.

43- The righteous person is like a polished mirror in which every face is clearly visible.

44- The compassionate person is like the sun that shines on the good and the bad.

45- The merciful man is like the fresh air that breathes through every door and window.

46- The thinker who plans for his afterlife is like a knight who is thrown in prison and waits for the day of his release to return to his family and religion.

47- Every person filled with sincere love is like a good father who raises his children with a good upbringing.

O chosen ones and believers, adhere to the commands of your Lord.

Be careful and distance yourself from the following shameful acts:

Deception, treachery, lying, evil, cheating, misguidance, deviation, error, confusion, strife, dark-mindedness, infidelity, cruelty, foolishness, mirth, adultery, immorality, decadence, rashness, recklessness, vanity, envy, drunkenness, dancing, captivity, covetousness, unbridled lust with which people's sons and daughters are afflicted, jealousy, hostility, insolence, hatred, lack of modesty, anger, sadness, rebellion, kidnapping, injustice, plunder, evil intention, impurity, filth of the body, and persecution that evil people inflict on worshipers.

1- The deceiver looks like a rotting pomegranate with a rosy face on the outside and a moldy inside.

2- The treacherous man is like a cunning fox that approaches and watches its prey, then pounces on it to kill it.

3- A liar is like an enemy who pretends to sympathize with all religions and then abandons them.

4- The deciever is like a raging sea that hijacks the ships sailing in it.

5- The evil man is like a bitter tree that produces poisonous, deadly fruits, and it does not bear good fruits.

6- The sinner is like a well from which stagnant, bitter, poisonous water flows.

7- The ferocious man resembles a mass of dirt thrown into the water, and whenever it is moved, dirt appears from it.

8- The hard man is like a pebble that does not soften with solvents.

9- The insane person is like a thrown rock. If it falls under you or on top of you, it will hurt you.

10- The arrogant person is like a willow tree that flourishes with its leaves, but does not produce or give fruit to its owner.

11- The rebel man is like a burning furnace in which there is no compassion or mercy.

12- The bitter, harmful man is similar to the aloe vera plant, which, when dropped in honey, spoils it.

13- A fool is like a burning fire driven by the wind.

14- An unrighteous wise man is like a house without a roof.

15- An unorganized wise man is like a respectable lady without a robe.

16- A wise man who does not humble himself is like an unpolished mirror.

17- The wise man who does not know is like a horse without a saddle.

18- The wise man who does not suspense is like a meal without taste.

19- A wise man who is not controlled is like an army without a leader.

20- A wise man who does not perfect his knowledge is like an unorganized table.

21- A wise man who is not frank in his words is like a house without an entrance.

22- The wise man who is not respected is like a land that does not produce.

23- The wise man who does not take precautions is like a ship without a sailor.

24- When a wise man’s wealth increases, his voice is calm, his words are clear, his style is balanced, and his salute is natural.

25- When an ignorant person’s wealth increases, his voice will be loud and his words will be distorted. He will strut his walk and salute with the tip of his finger.

26- When a wise man’s wealth increases, his conversation is enjoyable, and he contributes to all good deeds.

27- When an ignorant person increases in wealth, his words are full of lies, and he contributes to all evil deeds.

28- When a wise man says his word, he is confident about it and acts on it.

29- When an ignorant person’s wealth increases, evil calculations emerge from him, and he extends his hand to people’s currencies and wealth.

30- The wise man’s abode is fixed, and his table is ready for all the pious.

31- When a wise man gives you a ruling, he is convinced of it, and he carries out your work calmly and peacefully.

32- When a fool gives you a ruling, his ruling is harsh, and his words are hurtful and may even lead to cutting throats.

33- The wise man who does not guide is not considered a thinker.

34- Woe to the wise man, whose people do not benefit from him and his wisdom.

35- The wise man plants good qualities in you when you hear his kind words, while the ignorant plant bad qualities in you as a result of his harsh words.

36- The ignorant person dances even if there is a noose around his neck.

37- The advice of a wise man to a fool is like a stone that does not soften with oil.

38- The advice of a wise man to a fool is like a mirror to a one-eyed man.

39- The advice of a wise man to a fool is like rain on barren land.

40- The advice of a wise man to an ignorant person is like white cloth to a glassblower.

41- A wise man’s advice to a fool is like balm oil to a fisherman.

42- The advice of a wise man to an ignorant person is like a virgin girl to an effeminate one.

43- A wise man’s advice to a fool is like an ember in water.

44- The advice of a wise man to an ignorant person is like a caller calling to a mute and deaf person.

45- The advice of a wise man to an ignorant person is like giving a coral to a sow.

46- Starving a fool to discipline him will cause him to despise you.

47- The wise man who does not avoid the fool is the leader of fools and does not understand anything.

48- The fool who is silent, and you consider him wise. If he is not one of your lovers, do not participate in your work with him, as his mind is not enlightened or pliable, and do not consider him a rational person.

49- The wise person is the one who does not force people to convert into a religion other than theirs by force.

50- He who reads and does not practice is like a deaf person who does not hear or feel the sound of the flute.

51- He who reads and does not practice is like a builder who does not build a building for himself.

52- He who reads and does not practice is like a sleeper who kills his enemies in his dream, and when he wakes up from his sleep, he finds out that he did not do anything.

53- He who reads and does not practice is like a gardener who does not weave a wreath for himself.

54- He who reads and does not practice is like a judge who judges people but does not judge himself.

55- Woe to those people who read and do not practice. Woe to those who declare contrary things and act in different ways. On their outside, signs of faith appear, but within them are motives of sabotage, as they act without knowing.

56- Do not bring hatred into your hearts, for whoever is spiteful is not considered one of the believers.

57- Congratulations to every person who loves his father and mother. There is no one dearer in the world than he who takes care of his father and mother.

58- Whoever does not obey the commands of his Lord, death is closer to him than life.

59- The righteous are those who read and hear the words of their Lord and act upon them and do not lie with what their mouths utter.

These are the words of wisdom that were explained and ordered by the prophet John son of Zacharia in Jerusalem and proclaimed by Yawar Ziwa (the Master of Heavenly Majesty) and his assistants.

May the great Living God purify all our works.