# Tabahatan

The Ṭabahatan (Classical Mandaic: ࡈࡀࡁࡀࡄࡀࡕࡀࡍ, lit. 'Our Ancestors') is one of the most commonly recited prayers in Mandaeism, in which the reciter asks for the forgiveness of sins. As a commemoration prayer with a long list of names, the prayer starts with the line ṭab ṭaba l-ṭabia (Classical Mandaic: ࡈࡀࡁ ࡈࡀࡁࡀ ࡋࡈࡀࡁࡉࡀ, lit. 'Good is the Good for the Good'). A different version of this prayer is found in DC 42, Šarḥ ḏ-Ṭabahata ("The Scroll of Ṭabahata" [Parents]), which is used during Parwanaya rituals.
The Ṭabahatan prayer is numbered as Prayer 170 in E. S. Drower's version of the Qulasta, which was based on manuscript 53 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 53). The Šal Šulta (Prayer 171) directly follows the Ṭabahatan prayer.

## Prayer

Drower's (1959) version of the Tabahatan lists the following uthras and ancestors.
* Yušamin, son of Dmut-Hiia
* Abatur, son of Bihrat
* Habšaba and Kana-d-Zidqa
* the 24 ʿuthras, sons of light
* Ptahil, son of Zahriel
* Adam, son of Qin and Eve, his wife
* Šitil, son of Adam
* Ram and Rud
* Šurbai and Šarhabiel
* Sam, son of Noah, and Nuraita his wife
* Yahia-Yuhana, son of ʿNišbai, and Qinta, and Anhar, his wife
* those 360 priests who went forth from Jerusalem
* our good fathers
* me, Adam-Zihrun, son of Mahnuš
* my father, Yahia-Bihram, son of Hawa-Mamania
* my mother, Mahnuš, daughter of Simat
* my teacher, Bihram, son of Mudalal
* his wife, Anhar, daughter of Hawa
* my children, Anhar, daughter of Anhar
* my brothers (and sisters), Anhar, and Sam, and Mudalal, and Ram
* Muhatam-Yuhana, and Adam-Yuhana, the sons of Mahnuš
"Mandaeans":
* Ram, son of Šarat-Simat
* Zihrun, son of Simat
* Anhar, daughter of Simat
* Simat, daughter of Hawa
* Ram, son of Simat
* Yasmin, daughter of Yasman
* our good fathers
* me, Adam-Zihrun, son of Mahnuš
"Priests":
* my teacher, Bihram, son of Mudalal
* Adam-Zihrun, son of Mamania
* Yahia-Anuš, son of Maliha
* Yahia-Ram-Zihrun, son of Hawa-Simat
* Yahia-Zihrun, son of Mudalal
* Sam-Bihram, son of Mudalal
* our good forefathers
* me, Adam-Zihrun, son of Mahnuš
"Ganzibria":
* my teacher, Bihram, son of Mudalal
* Yahia-Yuhana, son of Hawa-Simat
* Zihrun, son of Simat
* Sam-Bihram, son of Simat
* Bihram-Šitil, son of Šarat
* Zihrun, son of Maliha
* Adam, son of Šadia-Maliha
* Yahia-Bayan and Yahia-Bihram, sons of Hawa-Mamania
* Ram-Yuhana, son of Mamania
* Bayan-Zangia, son of Anhar-Simat
* Sam-Saiwia, son of Šarat
* Bihram, son of Madinat
* Yahia, son of Anhar-Ziwa
* Ram-Sindan and Šaria
* Hawa, daughter of Daia
* Anhar-Kumraita, daughter of Simat
* Yahia-Ramuia, son of Ramuia
* Sam-Bihram, son of Mudalal
* Adam, son of Bihram (Bihrat?)-Dihgan
* Adam-Br-Hiia, son of Simat
* Brik-Yawar, son of Buran
* Bihram Bisḥaq, son of Hawa
* Šabur, son of Dukt
* Mhatam and Šitil, sons of Haiuna
* Anuš, son of Mihria-Zad
* Šaiar-Ziwa and Šabur, son (sons?) of Kaizarʿil (them?)
* Bhira, son of Kujasta
* Zakia, son of Hawa
* Ardaban-Malka-Baktiar, son of Simat
* our good fathers
* me, Adam-Zihrun, son of Mahnuš
"The ethnarchs":
* my teacher, Bihram, son of Mudalal
* Adam-Bul-Faraz, son of Hawa-Mamania
* Anuš Muʿailia, son of Hawa-Zadia
* Yahia-Adam, son of Zadia-Anuš, Hawa (?) (them?)
* Bihdad, son of Šadia
* Bainia, son of Haiuna
* Haiuna, daughter of Tihwia
* Ramuia, son of ʿQaimat
* Šganda, son of Yasman
* Zazai-d-Gawazta, son of Hawa