Rushuma
Prayer in Mandaeism
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursThe rushuma is numbered as Prayer 104 in E. S. Drower's version of the Qulasta, which was based on manuscript 53 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 53). In Drower's ordering, the Asut Malkia prayer (CP 105) follows the rushuma prayer, while the ʿniana ("response") prayers come before the rushuma.
Signing
Rushuma or rushma literally means "sign" or "signing" (ritual gesture). Many lines in the prayer are repeated three times as the reciter signs the rushuma front of the face with his or her fingers.
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Mandaic text and translation
Below is the transliterated Mandaic text of the Rushuma prayer, based on Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki's Qulasta (volume 2) as edited by Matthew Morgenstern and Ohad Abudraham in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon. The English translation is original.
Use in ritual procedures
Each part of the rushuma corresponds to each of the following rishama ritual procedures.