Sirat

noun

Si·​rat

sə̇ˈrät

plural -s

: a bridge in Muslim eschatology which spans the chasm of hell and connects this world with paradise and over which according to tradition only the righteous can cross while the unrighteous fall to a flaming punishment

called also al sirat

Word History

Etymology

Arabic sirāṭ road

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