Arabic · noun · Character & Virtue

Sirat

सीरत
said see-rat
also written: Seerat, sirat, sirat-e-mustaqim, the path
Meaning

Inner character, moral nature, conduct of life.

Literally: the path; the straight way

Usage & notes

The path, and pre-eminently the sirat-e-mustaqim, the "straight way" the believer prays to be guided along in the opening chapter of the Quran; in eschatology, also the bridge over Hell. As an image of right guidance it expresses the believer's quest for the true direction of life. Iqbal's spirituality reads such guidance dynamically — as a living orientation of the striving self toward God, not a static rulebook.