/ · 1894 Brewer’s · A · Al-Sirat (Arabian, the path)
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The bridge over hell, no wider than the edge of a sword, across which every one who enters heaven must pass. (Mahometan theology.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.