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~ "The One of the Mysteries"~ 
Safar al-Asrar (Book of Secrets)
Manichaean Text by Mani

("His knife for cutting is the Book of the Mysteries. - Mani Bema Psalm MP46)

The " Book of Secrets" mentioned by Titus as Mysteries, and among Christians it was described as the book which seeks to destroy the law and the prophets.  It contained dialogues between Yeshu and his disciples and info on reincarnation. It survived until at least 1000 A.D.. Al-Nadim, in his Fihrist, tells us that the Safar al-Asrar contained the following 18 sections: Biruni quotes Mani from this book:
 
"Since the Apostles knew that souls are immortal and that in their reincarnations they are ultimately cast in every form which they can have as a garment and every creature in which they may be shaped and similar to every form which is cast in their mold, they asked the Messiah concerning the end of the souls which did not receive the truth and did not know the Ground of Their Being. So he said: 'Any weak soul which has not received her links with the Truth is destroyed and does not have rest.'"

"The Bardesanites believed that the ascent of the soul and its purification are in the corpse of flesh. They did not know that the soul is the enemy of the material body and it prevents her from ascending and that it is a prison and a painful punishment for her. If this form of flesh were a reality, its creator would not have allowed it to wear out or be harmed and would not have required it to procreate by means of semen in the womb." (Biruni quote from 12th Chapter:)
 

Biruni quotes Mani further, possibly from the book of Secrets. Biruni writes "On this theory (matter as an agent for God), Mani built the following sentence:
 
"The Apostles asked Jesus about the life of inanimate nature, whereupon he said: "If that which is inanimate is separated from the living element which is comingled with it, and appears alone by itself, it is again inanimate and is not capable of living, whilst the living matter which has left it, retaining its vital energy unimpaired, never dies." (Biruni quote in his India work, pg 23:)
• Mention of the Daysaniyun (Bardesanes) (Lost or unrecognized)
• Testimony of Bistasf About the Beloved  (A King converted by Zoroaster) (Lost or unrecognized)
• Testimony About His Spirit.  (Himself) to Ya'qub (Lost or unrecognized)
• The Son of the Widow, who according to Mani was the crucified Messiah whom the Jews crucified. (Lost or unrecognized)
• Jesus' Testimony about His Spirit (Himself) in Yahudha  (Judea?) (Lost or unrecognized)
• The Beginning of the Testimony of al-Yamin After His Conquest (Lost or unrecognized)
• The Seven Spirits (Lost or unrecognized)
• Account fo the Four Spirits, Al-Ziwal (departing or taking charge) (Lost or unrecognized)
• Laughter (Lost or unrecognized)
• The Testimony Of Adam About Jesus (Lost or unrecognized)
• Falling From The Faith (Indifference about religion) (Lost or unrecognized)
• Doctrines of the Daysaniyun About The Spirit And The Body (Biruni quotes from this 12th Chapter:)
• Refutation Of The Daysaniyun About The Spirit Of Life (Biruni quotes from this 13th Chapter)
• The Three Trenches (Lost or unrecognized)
• Preserving The World (Lost or unrecognized)
• The Three Days (Lost or unrecognized)
• The Prophets (Lost or unrecognized)

The Resurrection (Biruni quotes from this 18th Chapter)