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Gilgit, Pakistan

CAE

A follower of...............Syedna Pir Nasir Khusraw Nasir Khusraw on al-Sirat al-mustaqim On the Meaning of the Straight Path "O brother! you asked: 'What is the sirat (lit. path, way, bridge)? It is said that the sirat is stretched over hell, that it is thinner than a hair and sharper than a sword, and all people have to cross it. The fortunate ones cross it and reach paradise, whereas the unfortunate ones fall from it into hell. Explain so that we may know.' Know, O brother, that (the word) sirat (in Persian rah) means a path or a way. The path is of two kinds: one is the external path that the people walk upon the surface of the earth, and the other is the path which people fol