1. In school, you can often redo your exam if you fail. In the hereafter, if one fails there is no going back.
2. In school, you often do not know what questions will be asked. In
the hereafter, there are only 3 questions: Who is your Lord? What is
your Deen? And who is this man who was sent to you? But the answers are
answers you live by.
3. In school, we stay up at night to prepare for the exam the next
day. So too in Allah’s exam, we should be staying up in night prayers.
4. In school, we pray and hope and work for an outstanding mark. So too should be our attitude towards Allah’s exam.
5. In school, when we get a great mark, we erupt with happiness. So
too will the believers erupt in happiness when they get their books in
their right hands. Work for it.
6. In school, when we get a bad mark, sadness can be seen on our
faces, and we dislike to face others. So too in the hereafter. Protect
yourself from sadness.
7. During a school exam, you cannot ask anyone for help. In the
hereafter, you can prepare from now to get assistance from Allah’s
Messenger, the Quran, and other ways of intercession.
8. In school, when exam time draws near, we banish distractions to
focus on what is really important. In Allah’s exam, isn’t death within 1
heart beat? Banish distractions and focus.
9. In school, until exam results come out, we worry about the result.
In Allah’s exam, we don’t know what our result will be, so we spend our
days in hope and worry until the results come out.
