Sirat al-Mustaqim

aṣ-Ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm (Arabic: الصراط المستقيم) is the Arabic term for the straight path. In an Islamic context, it has been interpreted as the right path, has been variously translated as "The Middle Way" and as that which pleases God.

There are five obligatory daily prayers in Islam. During every cycle of each prayer the following phrase is included:

Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa al-mustaqīm, Ṣirāṭa al-laḏīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ġayri l-maġḍūbi ʿalayhim walā ḍ-ḍāllīn
Show us the straight path, The path of those You bestowed favor upon, not anger upon, and not of those who go astray.

This is part of the Surah Al-Fatiha.

The Sirat-al-Mustaqim (Arabic: الصراط المستقيم) refers to the path of Islam (or any other faith) which leads on to the path of success in the hereafter.

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