What is the difference in connotation between "al-ṣirāṭ" (the path/way) and "al-ṭarīq" (the road/way), and what did the word "al-ṣirāṭ" convey that the word "al-ṭarīq" did not in His, the Almighty's, saying: "Guide us to the straight path"?
The 'Sirat' (path) and 'Tariq' (road) have the same meaning, but some scholars differentiated between them, stating that the Sirat is the paved, submissive, easy path.
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