seventy cubits into the earth. The sweat that the earth is not able to absorb will start to rise. Some people will have it rise up to their ankles, some will have it up to their knees, for some it will rise up to their backs or up to their chests. For yet others it will rise up to their necks and for the non-believer, their sweat will rise up to their faces like they are held by reins. They will be paddling in it [to stay afloat]. In this state of [extreme] heat, the level of thirst is beyond words. Tongues will shrivel like thorns and some people’s tongues will be hanging out, hearts would rise up to their throats. Their intensity of punishment will be dependent upon the severity of sins.

دردِسر ہو ،یا بُخار آئے، تڑپ جاتا ہوں                میں جہنَّم کی سزا کیسے سہوں گا یا رَبّ!

گر تُو ناراض ہوا میری ہلاکت ہوگی                   ہائے میں نارِ جہنّم میں جلوں گا یا رَبّ!

عَفو کر اور سدا کے لیے راضی ہو جا                 گر کرم کر دے تو جنَّت میں رہوں گا یا رَبّ!

اِذن سے تیرے سرِ حشر کہیں کاش! حضور           ساتھ عطار کو جنّت میں رکھوں گا یا رَبّ!

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! Whether good or bad; each and every soul has to pass over Siraat bridge:

وَ   اِنۡ   مِّنۡکُمۡ    اِلَّا وَارِدُ ہَا  ۚ   کَانَ   عَلٰی   رَبِّکَ   حَتۡمًا   مَّقۡضِیًّا    ﴿ۚ۷۱﴾

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And there is none among you who shall not pass over Hell; this is an obligatory affair, binding upon your Lord.

(Part 16, Surah Maryam, verse 71)

Sayyiduna Fudayl Bin ‘Iyad رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه narrates that the journey of the bridge of Siraat is 15,000 years long (meaning: the distance a fast horse covers in 15,000 years). 5,000 years will be of going up, 5,000 years of going down and 5,000 years of going straight. The bridge of Siraat is thinner than a strand of hair, sharper than the edge of the sword and has been placed upon the back