Me yasa lokacin azumi da sallah zasu kasance ne tsawon kwanaki 40?

Kowace shekara da Tsarin Roman na Cocin Katolika na murna da Lamuni tare da kwanaki 40 na addu'a da azumi kafin babban bikin na Pasqua. Wannan lambar tana da alamar gaske kuma tana da zurfin alaƙa da abubuwa masu yawa na Littafi Mai-Tsarki.

An fara ambaton 40 a littafin Farawa. Allah ya gaya wa Nuhu: «Domin a cikin kwanaki bakwai zan sa a yi ruwa a duniya na kwana arba'in da dare arba'in; Zan shafe duniya daga dukkan abin da na halitta ». (Farawa 7: 4). Wannan taron ya danganta lambar 40 zuwa tsarkakewa da sabuntawa, lokacin da aka wanke duniya kuma aka sabonta ta.

In Lissafi mun sake ganin 40, wannan lokacin azaman nau'in tuba ne da azaba da aka ɗorawa mutanen Isra’ila saboda rashin biyayya ga Allah.Sai sun yi yawo cikin jeji na shekaru 40 don sabon ƙarni ya gaji Promasar Alkawari.

A cikin littafin Yunana, annabi yayi shela ga Nineveh: «Wani kwana arba'in kuma za'a hallakar da Nineveh». 5 Mutanen Nineba sun yi imani da Allah kuma sun hana yin azumi, suka saye buhu, daga babba zuwa ƙarama ”(Yunana 3: 4). Wannan ya sake haɗa lambar zuwa sabuntawar ruhaniya da juyar da zuciya.

Il annabi Iliya, kafin ya sadu da Allah a Dutsen Horeb, ya yi tafiya kwana arba'in: “Ya tashi, ya ci, ya sha. Tare da ƙarfin da aka ba shi ta wannan abincin, ya yi tafiya kwana arba'in da dare arba'in zuwa dutsen Allah, Horeb ". (1 Sarakuna 19: 8). Wannan ya haɗu da 40 zuwa lokacin shiri na ruhaniya, lokacin da aka kai ruhu zuwa wurin da zai iya jin muryar Allah.

A ƙarshe, kafin ya fara hidimarsa ga jama'a, Yesu “Ruhu ya bishe shi zuwa jeji don shaidan ya jarabce shi. Bayan ya yi azumi kwana arba'in da dare arba'in, ya ji yunwa. " (Mt 4,1-2). A ci gaba da abubuwan da suka gabata, Yesu ya fara yin addu'a da azumi na kwanaki 40, yana yaƙi da jaraba kuma yana shirin yin shelar Bishara ga wasu.