...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...

...schoolboy knows nothing of this. " He must believe in good and evil genii, led by their chief Ibices ; in the bridge ' Es-Sirat,' which extends over the midst of hell, finer than a hair THE BOLD CRUSADERS FIGHTING FOR JERUSALEM. and sharper than the edge of a sword, over which all must...

...perishes 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...

...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...

...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...

...wrong and injury done to others. This being finished, all men will be led over the bridge Al-Sirat, -which extends over the midst of hell, finer than a hair and sharper than a sword's edge, beset on both sides by briars and thorns. The good, led by Mahomet and the prophets,...

...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...

...to undergo, viz., the passage of the bridge "Al Sirat," which, spanning "the deep abyss of hell," is finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword. Over it the true Moslems, headed by their prophet, will pass into Paradise, with the fleetness of the wind,...

...firm my feet upon the Sirat, on the day when feet shall slip upon it." " Es Sirat " is the bridge, which extends over the midst of Hell, finer than a hair and AN IMAM'S SUPPLICA TfONS. sharper than the edge of a sword, over which all must pass, and from which...