La Hawla wa-la Quwwata illa Billah
- philhoraia
- Sep 25, 2023
- 1 min read
The above phrase as translated by Islamqa: "there is no power and no strength except with Allah". In this short post we shall be looking at S 66:4.
If you repent to Allah--your hearts have deviated. And if you back one another up against him then Allah, he is his mawla and Jibril and the righteous of the believers, and the angels after that are an assistant.
Regarding 'mawla', see: Allah, Master or Slave?
Aisha and Hafsa have staged a 'strike' against Allah's boss following his fornicating with the non-'right-hand possession' Mariyah the Copt. He threatens them by saying that Allah, Jibril, the righteous believers and the angels would get involved taking the side of Allah's boss. He follows it up with a statement of Umar's, which found its way into quran:
S 66:5 Perhaps his lord if he divorced you would exchange for him husbands better than you, surrendering, believing, obedient, repentant, worshipping, fasting, matrons and virgins.
Now, if there is no power or strength but in Allah, why does the author speak of Jibril, the righteous of the believers and the angels? Isn't Allah sufficient to help him against two females? Does Allah need help from them?
The verse speaks of 'surrendering, believing' replacement wives, muslimat, mu'minat. Were Aisha and Hafsa not Muslimahs and believers?
Muslims say: La hawla wa-la quwwata illa billah but does Allah say: La hawla wa-la quwwata illa bi-Jibril wa-salih al-mu'minin wal-mala'ikah (in Jibril and the righteous of the believers and the angels)?
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