...utterly, and nothing is left. The bridge Es-Sirat, which stretches over the midst of the Moslem hell, finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword, conveys a similar conception ; and the Jews, too, when they came to believe in immortality, imagined...

...famous bridge, Al Sirat (or the strait), which spans the dreadful abyss of hell, and is represented to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword This frightful path is beset with briers and thorns ; but the good will find no impediment ; they will...

...well-marked myths of the Old World. Over the midst of the Moslem hell stretches the bridge of Es-Sirat, finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword. There all souls of the dead must pass along, but while the good reach the other side in safety, the...

...into the accepted belief of Islam. Over the midst of the Moslem Hell stretches the bridge Es-Sirat, finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword. There all souls of the dead must pass along, but while the good reach the other side in safety, the...

...into the accepted belief of Islam. Over the midst of the Moslem Hell stretches the bridge Es-Sirat, finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword. There all souls of the dead must pass along, but while the good reach the other side in safety, the...

...the bridge called in Arabic Al Sirat, which, they say, is laid over the midst of hell, and describe to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword; eo that it seems very difficult to conceive bow any one "hall be able to stand upon it ; for which...

...pass the bridge called in Arabic, Al Sirat, which is laid over the middle of hell, and is described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword. The wicked will miss their footing and fall headlong into hell.* In the Koran it is said that hell...

...utterly, and nothing is left. The bridge Es Sirat, which stretches over the midst of the Moslem hell, finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword, conveys a similar conception ; and the Jews, too, when they came to believe in immortality, imagined...

...bridge of the Mahometans, called in the Arabic Al Sirât, said to be laid over the midst of Hell, and to be finer than a hair and sharper than the edge of a scimitar, an idea probably borrowed from the religion of Zoroaster, where the bridge is called Pûl...

...Both, however, have to go over the bridge Al Sirât, which is laid over the midst of hell, which is finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword, and beset with thorns on either side. This the righteous will cross with ease and swiftness. The wicked...