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Shumhata

The Shumhata () is one of the most commonly recited prayers in Mandaeism.

The Shumhata is numbered as Prayer 173 in E. S. Drower's version of the Qulasta, which was based on manuscript 53 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 53).

The Shumhata prayer

Like the Asut Malkia, the Shumhata is a litany which lists following the names (in Drower's 1959 version). The Mandaic below in parentheses has been transliterated from Al-Mubaraki (2010).

  1. Hayyi Rabbi and Manda d-Hayyi ()
  2. aina (well-spring) ()
  3. sindirka (date palm or sandarac tree) ()
  4. Šišlam Rba ()
  5. Ezlat Rabtia ()
  6. Yawar Rba ()
  7. Simat Hiia ()
  8. Yukabar Rba ()
  9. Mana and his counterpart ()
  10. Great Mystery, the mystic Word ()
  11. S'haq Ziwa Rba Qadmaia ()
  12. Sam Ziwa ()
  13. Hayyi Rabbi and Manda d-Hayyi (second repetition) ()

Each of the names is preceded by "[the] name of" () and followed by the phrase "is pronounced upon thee" (). This list of names, which is also repeated in the commentary of of the Qulasta, is followed by a request to be protected from illnesses and misfortunes.

A similar litany prayer that comes after the Shumhata is the King of Kings () prayer, which is Prayer 176 of the Qulasta.

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