لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِالله, also known as ‘ḥawqalah’ is a very concise yet comprehensive statement.
With it, one proclaims the oneness of Allah and expresses one’s reverence, awe and need of Him.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Shall I not teach you a statement which lies beneath the Throne and is from the treasures of Paradise? Say لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِالله upon which Allah says: ‘My slave has submitted and surrendered himself.’”
(Hākim)
The ḥawqalah is a treasure because the reward of it is stored and protected for the person who uttered it in the hereafter, just as treasure is stored and protected in this world.
Imām al Nawawī wrote: ‘The scholars said that the reason behind this statement being one of the treasures of Paradise is because it embodies complete submission, entrusting one’s affairs and obedience of Allah. One acknowledges that there is no Creator other than Him and none can turn back His Command, and that the slave is powerless in his own affairs.’
He ﷺ also said: “It is a gate from the gates of Paradise.”
(Tirmidhī)
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