Al Sirat

American  

[al si-raht] / æl sɪˈrɑt /

noun

Islam.

1. the correct path of religion.

2. the bridge, fine as a razor's edge, over which all who enter paradise must pass.

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Al Sirat British  

/ ˌæl sɪˈræt /

noun

1. the correct path of religion

2. the razor-edged bridge by which all who enter paradise must pass

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Etymology

Origin of Al Sirat

< Arabic, equivalent to al the + ṣirāṭ road < Latin ( via ) strāta paved (way). See street

Example Sentences

Cleveland's big, bare Public Auditorium, scene of the Al Sirat Grotto circus, was empty except for circus attendants one morning last week when Beatty brought his cats in for rehearsal.

From Time Magazine Archive

We heave up from Hades, and cautiously thread the crowded Al Sirat of a deck.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Al Sirat, the bridge from earth over the abyss of hell to the Mohammedan paradise.

From Selections from Poe by Gambrill, J. Montgomery

It is sufficiently clear that not on this side of the bridge of Al Sirat shall we and the Neo-Parnassians agree: but we can at least avoid each other like gentlemen.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various

The notes of the kislar re-echo no more, And the waves of Al Sirat fall light on the shore. p. 268Where art thou, my beauty; where art thou, my bride?

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard