Shahrat
Shahrat
Ship in Mandaeism
In Mandaeism, Shahrat (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡄࡓࡀࡕ, romanized: Šahrat, lit. 'she kept watch') is a ship or boat mentioned in the Scroll of Abatur. Shahrat ferries souls from Tibil across the river Hitpun and into the house of Abatur.[1] According to the Mandaean priest Brikha Nasoraia (2021), it is basically a "space-ship" traveling "faster than the speed of light" through ayar (ether) to higher realms.[2]: 71
In Mandaean Book of John 55:60–61, the ship ferrying souls to the house of Abatur is described as follows.[3]
- I (Hibil Ziwa) made a ship for the good,
- a ferry of souls carrying them,
- over to Abatur's house,
- who gives them strength and truth from head to toe.