La Hawla Wala Quwwata Illa Billah
According to the glorious Prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon him).... it is “one of the treasures of Paradise”.
This
statement is an expression of a servant’s humble submission to the
power and glory of his Lord Almighty. It is a declaration announcing the
reality of all realities: Everything happens only with the help of
Allah alone. Man, however strong, powerful and great, is powerless, weak
and meek in front of Allah.
La Hawla Wala Quwwata Illa Billah in simple English means “There is neither might nor power except with Allah”.
This
powerful statement is the proclamation that all power, might, strength,
grandeur and glory is by Allah, from Allah and belongs to Allah.
La Hawla Wala Quwwata Illa Billah is one of the Treasures of Jannah:
Abu
Musa (R.A) reported: “While we were with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) in a
holy battle, we never went up a hill or reached its peak or went down a
valley but raised our voices with Takbeer. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came
close to us and said, “O people! Don’t exert yourselves, for you do not
call a deaf or an absent one, but you call the All- Listener, the
All-Seer.” The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, “O `Abdullah bin Qais! Shall I
teach you a sentence which is from the treasures of Paradise? ( It is):
‘La haula wala quwata illa billah’. (There is neither might nor power
except with Allah)." Sahih Bukhari
Abu Hurairah (R.A) said: “The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: ‘Be frequent in saying: Laa ḥawla wa
laa quwwata illā billa”. For verily, it is a treasure from the treasures
of Paradise”. Tirmidhi
Say this powerful du’aa every time you leave your house, In sha Allah.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِاللَّهِ
Bismillaahi
Tawak’kaltu ‘alal-laahi Laa haula wa laa Quwwata il-la bil-laah “In the
name of Allah, I trust in Allah; there is no might and no power but in
Allah”
Now, I would like to quote this Hadith which highlights the virtues of La Hawla Wala Quwwata Illa Billah:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“There
is no one upon the earth who says: ‘None has the right to be worshipped
but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest, and there is no might nor power
except by Allah, (Laa ilaaha illa Allah, wal-laahu akbar, wa laa ḥawla
wa lā quwwata illa billaah) except that his sins shall be pardoned, even
if they were like the foam of the sea.” Tirmidhi (Hasan)