...the same notion, which is embodied in the Koran. There the Bridge of Death is called Es-Sirat. It is finer than a hair and sharper than the edge of a sword, along which, nevertheless, the soul of the good Moslem will be snatched across like lightning or like...

...into hell; both, however, have first to go over the bridge Al Sirflt, laid over the midst of hell, and finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword, and beset with thorns on either side. The righteous will proceed on their path with ease and swiftness,...

...hell, but tradition has converted the road into a bridge stretching from earth to paradise across hell, finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword, beset, moreover, on both sides with briars and hooks and thorns. And so, what with the extreme tenuity...

...take the left; but both must pass the bridge of Al Sir&t, which is laid over the midst of hell, and is finer than a hair and sharper than the edge of a sword, while being also beset with briers and hooked thorns. The righteous shall pass over this bridge with...

...passage of the bridge Al Sirat which spans (according to the Koran) the abyss of Hell, and is represented to be finer than a hair and sharper than the edge of a sword. The path, though beset with many obstacles, will be crossed over with ease and safety by the faithful,...

...day when feet shall slip upon it. ' ' Es Sirat ' is the bridge which extends over the midst of hell, finer than a hair and sharper than the edge of a sword, over which all must pass, and from which the wicked shall fall into hell." The bowings, bendings and...

...the bridge, called in Arabic al Sirat, which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a. hair and sharper than the edge...upon it,; for which reason most of the sect of the Mutazilites reject it as a fable, though the orthodox think it a sufficien proof of the truth of this...

...into hell ; both, however, have first to go over the bridge Al Sirut, laid over the midst of hell, and finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword, and beset with thorns on either side. The righteous will proceed on their path with ease and swiftness,...

...hell, , , , The Bridge, called in Arabic al Sirdt, is, they say, laid over the midst of hell, and is finer than a hair and sharper than the edge of a sword, and those who cannot pass this bridge fall into hell," — SALE'S PRELIM, Disc, t The four Khalifs...

...into hell; both, however, have first to go over the bridge Al Sirat, laid over the midst of hell, and finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword, and beset with thorns on either side. The righteous will proceed on their path with ease and swiftness,...