The article talks about the number forty and its role and meaning in the life of our people, traditions, customs, religious views, as well as in folk art and written literature. Mathematical properties of the number forty, its connection with religious views and concepts, the views associated with the number forty in Islam, its wide use in folk proverbs, its position in literature are illuminated using examples.

Number, number forty, folklore

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