Quranic root
صرط
ṣ · r · ṭ
The root is oriented toward the notion of a road or way, especially a directed course.
The supplied root discussion treats صرط as an ibdāl variant associated with the semantic field of the road or path. In Quranic usage, this develops into the straight path of divine guidance.
- Maqāyīs · row 2783
- Mufradāt · row 827
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
صِرَاط
ṣirāṭ
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 45 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A path or way; in Quranic religious usage, the straight path of divine guidance.
Denotes a directed course or way, including the path attributed to God and prescribed for following. The Quran-focused lexical explanation explicitly characterizes it as straight.
- Lane · entry 25818
- Mufradāt · row 827
Selected Quran examples
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 1:6ٱلصِّرَٰطَ(to) the path
- 1:7صِرَٰطَ(The) path
- 2:142صِرَٰطٍۢa path
- 2:213صِرَٰطٍۢa path
- 3:51صِرَٰطٌۭ(is) the path
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 2 Classical meanings
صُرَاط
A long sword.
Recorded under the vocalized form صُرَاطٌ as a variant of سُرَاطٌ; this is distinct from صِرَاط ‘path’.
- Lane · entry 25817
صِرَاط
An eschatological bridge extended over Hell.
A specialized theological usage, described as sharper than a sword and thinner than a hair, and distinct from the ordinary meaning ‘path’ or ‘way’.
- Lane · entry 25818
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
Classical lexica record سِرَاطٌ and زِرَاطٌ as variants associated with the path word; the Quranic form here is صِرَاط.
The same written form صِرَاط is also recorded for the specialized eschatological bridge sense, which is kept separate from the Quranic path/way sense.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
Lane entry 25817 includes the additional opaque gloss “a dial” alongside “a long sword”; it cannot be confidently assigned as a separate lexical meaning from the supplied evidence.