WHAT IS SAWAB?
So, now that you (InshAllah) know the back story behind Sawab,
we can move onto explaining sawab in a bit more detail.
This section explains the the sawab system in an interesting
and easy way to understand (InshAllah).
If you don't know the back story and would like to know, please click HERE.
and easy way to understand (InshAllah).
If you don't know the back story and would like to know, please click HERE.
We know that we are put on this Earth by Allah (The Almighty) as a test for the After Life
(whether we will live in Paradise or Hell).
REMEMBER: Paradise is our goal! :)
To understand this better, let's think of this test as a game.
You can earn two types of jewels, a white one or a red one.
Think of sawab (reward) as a white jewel.
Everytime you do something good, Allah rewards you with a white jewel.
But, when you do something bad, Allah gives you a red jewel.
Think of the red jewel as gunnah (sin).
So everyday you might be earning white jewels or red jewels, or both.
On the day of Judgement, Allah will see which you have more of: white or red?
If you have more white jewels: Congratulations! You can enter Jannah (insha'Allah)!
You've successfully passed Allah's test!
But if someone has more red jewels: Oh no! That means they'll be entering the Hellfire.
They did not pass Allah's test. :(
So you might have remembered some bad things you've done before, worried about those red jewels?
Don't worry! Allah is the Most Merciful and Kind!
There's an easy way to erase red jewels (gunnah) if you sincerely ask Allah for forgiveness
(you can read As-tagh-fir-ullah (Allah forgive me))
Insha'Allah, Allah will forgive you and erase your red jewels and maybe even give you some more white jewels!
Now, remember to keep earning those white jewels (insha'Allah)! :)