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Arabic root

ص-ر-ط

1 word from this root family

A2noun
صِرَاطٌ
ṣirāṭ

path / way

Example
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
ihdinā aṣ-ṣirāṭa al-mustaqīm
Guide us to the straight path (1:6)
Grammar

Masculine noun. Synonym of سَبِيلٌ and طَرِيقٌ but used specifically in the Quran for the divinely guided path. Almost always modified by مُسْتَقِيم (straight).

Culture

The 'straight path' (aṣ-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm) is the most important concept of guidance in Islam. It also refers to the bridge over Hellfire on the Day of Judgment.