More reward is associated with reciting this one verse than any other. Allah’s or His attributes are mentioned in this verse SEVENTEEN times.

 In the name of Allah the Most Merciful, and Compassionate Allah

There is no god but He,
The Living, the Everlasting,
Slumber seizes Him not, neither sleep,
To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth.
Who is there that can intercede with His, except by His leave?
He knows what lies before them and what is after them,
And they comprehend not anything of His Knowledge save as He wills.
His throne comprises the heavens and the earth,
The preserving of them fatigues Him not,
And He is the All-High, All-Glorious.

If it’s a reward enough for us believers to remember Allah in our thoughts, one can imagine the benefits of saying it aloud. The thing that would supersede even that is praising and remembering Allah in His own words. At the pinnacle of all this would be to praise and remember Allah in His own words to describe so many of His attributes in one single utterance, in a matter of few breaths. One can only dream of the benefits for our own souls.

Many parents teach their children to recite these verses after each prayer as part of their Adhkaar, or as part of their Tasbeeh. While it would greatly benefit each of us to recite this verse throughout the day, the fact that we are forgetful by nature would make reciting this Ayat at least after each prayer a minimal act of worship that we can all do.

The iSawab App provides a way to track this recitation on a day-to-day basis with an incremental counter. So, if you’ve recited this once today, can you aim for 5 each day for the remainder of the month? Little acts of worship performed regularly are stated to be better than large acts of worship performed irregularly. The App can help you stay the course and remind you to make it a part of your daily life.

The logo of iSawab reflects this critical physical aspect of one’s state of accountability on the Day of Judgement. Insha Allah, more people are aware of this as we move through our lives on this Earth, a short resting place of test and accountability to determine our eventual destination.
May Allah swt shower His mercy on all of mankind to attain Paradise.

Since intention is at the heart of a believer’s actions, his actions should in effect ideally reflect his submission to the will of Allah swt. Allah swt calls for the proper treatment of parents in the Holy Quran, to the extent that one should not even utter a breath of admonishment. Muslims also place importance in the maintenance of familial and kinship relationships.

Several Hadiths mention the importance of keeping death in mind as a way to correct oneself when one starts going astray with the activities of this world. And as kind of a prelude, visiting and comforting a sick person is also a responsibility of the practising Muslim. In the real world, one detatched from the deen of Allah, these acts are seen as those being performed by a kind and generous human being. One who cares for others, expending time, money and effort. That this is enjoined upon a believer by our Creator while promising good tidings for doing so is but an icing on the cake.

As supported by the Hadith displayed in the app, a prayer at the Mosque in congregation is 25 times more valuable than praying at Home. This magnitude difference is highlighted in the points awarded, where an obligatory prayer (Fardh) in the mosque is awarded 2,500 points against a mere 100 at Home. The maximum attainable total from obligatory prayers is 12,500 points – translated to a 30 day month, that is 375,000 points. To most of the population, achieving this number is hard, if not impossible. To those who do, this app just serves to remind them of their punctuality and dedication to themselves.

The category of work was especially included to reflect the hardship of saying obligatory Prayer at work – especially for working professionals, more so in non-Islamic countries. Prayer at Work is given twice the credit of home at 200 points. If there is no hardship, one can continue to use Home as the preferred category and earm 100 points for that effort.

The Additional Prayers category is a catch-all to reflect all the Sunnah, Nafil and other prayers that one may perform throughout the day or night. One can mark this based on the number of raka’at instead of number of salat. For instance, the Witr prayer at night would get a 3 for additional prayers.

Across all categories of Sawab on the app, Prayer stands as prime category from which one can extract maximum sawab, and thereby points. This is a reflection of the duties of a Muslim – no one tenet is more important and available for performance on a daily basis than prayer. Using iSawab as a motivational tool that reminds you to keep up and earn more of Allah’s rewards is the primary focus of the app.

The Daily Recitation, in the opinion of one user, reminded and forced him to sit down and do Dhikr (or rememberance of Allah swt) after every prayer. For those not on the app yet, the Daily Recitation section is broken down into various items that are part of Adhkaar or Tasbeeh. Many times, we rush towards our wordly affairs after performing our fardh (or obligatory) prayers. It pays to count how many times we do Dhikr after prayer (or at other times) through a tool like iSawab. If you review your weekly or monthly count, you would be able to see how many times you’ve skipped and in essence, denied yourself the reward of Allah swt.