The rushuma (; sometimes also spelled rushma or ruà ¡ma, ) is one of the most commonly recited prayers in Mandaeism. It is a "signing" prayer recited during daily ablutions (rishama). The same word can also be used to refer to the ritual signing gesture associated with the prayer.
The 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 ÿniana ("response") prayers come before the rushuma.
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.
Below is the transliterated 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.
Each part of the rushuma corresponds to each of the following rishama ritual procedures.