| Alfred Colbeck - 1887 - 444 páginas
...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... | |
| Marie Sinclair Countess of Caithness - 1887 - 630 páginas
...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... | |
| 1891 - 1590 páginas
...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,... | |
| Charles De Berard Mills - 1889 - 296 páginas
...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... | |
| Charles Francis Keary - 1889 - 396 páginas
...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... | |
| 1890 - 992 páginas
...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,... | |
| 1892 - 1088 páginas
...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... | |
| Israel Smith Clare - 1893 - 766 páginas
...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... | |
| Nicholas Belfield Dennys - 1894 - 468 páginas
...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,... | |
| 1893 - 692 páginas
...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... | |
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