Once a man passed over a hanging bridge and was frightened when he saw how small and high the bridge was.

His companion said to him, “Remember the Sirāt* and how small it will be.”

*The Sirāt is the bridge over the hellfire, which must be crossed to get to Paradise

(Read on pg 101, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004.)