Religion & Sacred Texts

Across spiritual traditions, certain numbers signal completion, testing, or cosmic order.

Common Sacred Numbers

• 7 — Completion and rest: creation week, sabbath cycles.

• 40 — Testing and transformation: periods of fasting, wilderness, or rain.

• 99 — Divine remembrance: Ninety‑nine beautiful names of God in Islamic tradition.

• 108 — Sacred cycle: beads on a mala, recitations in Hinduism and Buddhism.

Note: Interpretations vary by community and text. Numerisms work as symbols and should not be reduced to a single “correct” meaning.