[1] Prayers in the Qulasta frequently contain the recurring formula "In the name of Hibil, Shitil, and Anuš" (ࡁࡔࡅࡌࡀࡉࡄࡅࡍ ࡖࡄࡉࡁࡉࡋ ࡅࡔࡉࡕࡉࡋ ࡅࡀࡍࡅࡔ b-šumaihun ḏ-Hibil u-Šitil u-Anuš).
[2] According to Mandaean beliefs and scriptures including the Qolastā, the Mandaean Book of John and Genzā Rabbā, Abel is cognate with the angelic soteriological figure Hibil Ziwa,[3] (ࡄࡉࡁࡉࡋ ࡆࡉࡅࡀ, sometimes translated "Splendid Hibel"),[4] who is spoken of as a son of Hayyi[5] or of Manda d-Hayyi,[6][7] and as a brother to Anush (Enosh) and to Shitil (Seth),[8] who is the son of Adam.
[8] Brikha Nasoraia (2022)[11]: 34 and Sandra van Rompaey (2011)[12] note many resemblances between the Aramean deity Yarhibol and Yawar Hibil, in terms of both the names and artistic representations.
[13] In response to an upset of the dualistic balance of the universe, Manda d-Hayyi summons Hibil,[8] whom the King of Light proceeds to baptise in 360,000[14] or 360[8] yardeni.
In the Diwan Masbuta d-Hibil Ziwa, Qin had also revealed the mysteries of the jewel, mirror and bitter herb (explained as supplying the strength of the World of Darkness) to Hibil in response to his questions, and he had secretly taken them,[14] while in the Right Ginza, Hibil marries Zahreil, the daughter of Qin, while undercover in the world of Gaf and Gafan, and she shows him the spring with the mirror (said to show the past and future), which he takes.
This alarms the guards, in response to which the Great Mana dispatches Yushamin, who interrogates Hibil's identity and permits him re-entry to the World of Light, upon which he is baptised 360 times again.