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symbolic of number seven | ||
| Journal of Literature Ink | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 265-286 | ||
| Author | ||
| Adel Faeq Rashid | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Number seven had so many interpretations and this number was adopted since the early attempts of writing in 3500 BC at the time of Sumerians who inhabited the southern part of Modern Iraq known as Sumer (Ki-En-Gi) that translates into the land of reed’s master, the number was used by Sumerians themselves in their literature especially in referring to the seven Gods of wisdom (Seven Sages) who taught the humanity all the known professions, as well as the seven Gods of the underworld, the seven gates of the netherworld. in times of Babylonians the number was clearly used in the rituals of exorcism to purify houses from evil spirits, the number seven strongly appeared in the divine books of old testament and bible as well, mentioning the number of days prophet Moses had to wait before launching the pigeon to know that the deadly flooding waters have recessed, also number of prayers etc, reaching to the Islamic religion were this number was particularly mentioned in SURAT AL FATIHA the opening verse in the holy Quran and its importance to the limit that Muslim prayer considered incomplete if this verse wasn’t narrated, the other mentions of this strange number in other SURA’s, beside what Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him) said in the Sunnah and Hadeeth, This number as I presume represents the mighty creation of Allah and that the continuity of this number since Sumerian times up to Islam is a clear evidence that it is all from Allah who created earth and heavens in six days and laid rest on the throne at the seventh day. | ||
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