Father of Greatness

These entities mingled with the demons and gave existence to the earthly beings, thus humans carry consubstantial light particles of the Father of Greatness, but are unaware of them until they awaken from their sleep by remembering their divine origin.

The Father of Greatness responds by creating a series of entities to prepare a rescue for light particles.

Although he is not all-powerful, in the end time he will have gathered all light particles and evil will be banished into its own kingdom never commingling again.

[7] Accordingly, the problem of evil can be solved straightforwardly as God is limited in his power against forces beyond the world of light and by his own nature.

[8] In the Asut Malkia, a commonly recited Mandaean prayer, another name for Hayyi Rabbi is Aba Rba ḏ-ʿqara (ࡀࡁࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ࡖࡏࡒࡀࡓࡀ 'Great Father of Glory').

Under Central Asian influence, the "four-fold Father of Greatness" was split up (from left) into the Hindu deities Ganesha , Vishnu , Brahma , and Shiva . [ 3 ] Leaf from a Manichaean book MIK III 4979 , 8th–9th century, discovered in Karakhoja .