Al-Fatiha · 1:7
صِرَاطَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْۙ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّٓالّ۪ينَ
the path of those You have blessed, those who incur no anger and who have not gone astray
صِرَاطَ
ṣirāṭa
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- Meaning
- (the) path of
- Part of speech
- Noun (اسم)
- Root
- ص ر ط
- Root meaning
- The root SrT refers to a road or way. It is also the name of a bridge over Hell, sharper than a sword and thinner than a hair, which people must cross to reach Paradise.
- Frequency
- Appears in 45 verses of the Qur'an
- Dictionary form
- صِرَاط
- Gender
- Masculine
- Number
- Singular
- Definiteness
- Definite (by construct)
- Role
- Substitute (badal) for ‘the path’ + possessed noun
- Governor
- badal of الصِّرَاط (verse 6)
- Case
- Accusative (fatḥa)
- Grammar
- Accusative case; a substitute (badal) for ‘the path’ in verse 6, and possessed (muḍāf) to what follows.