ث-و-ب Arabic Root

A2noun

ثِياب

thiyāb

clothes / garments

Example

اشْتَرَيْتُ ثِيابًا جَديدة لِلعيد.

ishtaraytu thiyāban jadīda lil-ʿīd.

I bought new clothes for the holiday.

Root: ث-و-ب Shopping Clothes

B1noun

ثَوَابٌ

thawāb

reward (from God)

Example

فَآتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا وَحُسْنَ ثَوَابِ الْآخِرَةِ

fa-ātāhumu Allāhu thawāba ad-dunyā wa-ḥusna thawābi al-ākhirah

So Allah gave them the reward of this world and the good reward of the Hereafter (3:148)

Root: ث-و-ب Quranic

Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar) of ثَابَ (to return). The concept is that reward 'returns' to the doer of good. Related: مَثُوبَةٌ (reward), ثَوْبٌ (garment - different meaning, same root).

Culture

Thawāb motivates good deeds in Islam. The Quran promises both worldly and otherworldly rewards, with the reward of the Hereafter being far superior and eternal.