...the wicked will pass to the left into hell ; both, however, have to go over the bridge Al Sirat, laid over the midst of hell, finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword ; the righteous will proceed on their path with ease and swiftness, but the wicked will fall down headlong...

...sacrifice—these are the ambition of a Moslem's heart, and by the help of these he hopes to walk over the path, finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword, into the delights of Paradise. Islam lays other restrictions upon its adherents. Games of chance are...

...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,...

...the boiling gulf below. Corresponding to this is the idea among the Moslems of the Bridge Es-Sirat, finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword, — the Bridge Chinavat of the Parsis, — which all souls must pass, but from which the wicked, attacked...

...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,...

...to 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...

...and note 24. — 21, Al Sirat, "the bridge over which all must pass on the day of judgment, extending over the midst of Hell, finer than a hair and sharper than a sword," Lane, The Thousand and One Nights, II., ch. 15, note 41. The tradition is not in the Koran....

...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...

...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,...