Straight

Etymology

The triliteral root ṣād rā ṭā (ص ر ط) according to corpus.quran.com occurs in the Quran 45 times.

Compare with English «street» - "a road, a town-road, a street, a paved road, high road";

Compare with English «strategy» - "office of general, command, generalship; a plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.";

Compare with German «Straße» - "street, road";

Compare with Russian «магистраль» - "main line, main route, main waterway ".

In the Quran

«Cumulative strategy»

(1:6) Guide us to the cumulative strategy (Arab. الصِّرَاطَ, l-ṣirāṭa),

(2:142) The stupid from amongst the people will say: "What has turned them away from the paradigm that they were on?" Say: "To Allah belongs the east and the west. He guides whomsoever He wishes to a cumulative strategy (Arab. صِرَاطٍ, ṣirāṭin)."

(3:101) And how is it for you (to show) denial, personally reading the ideas of Allah (telling) about you, (while) among you is His messenger? And he who is united (in union) with Allah, (will) indeed be guided according to the cumulative strategy (Arab. صِرَاطٍ, ṣirāṭin).