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The popular Islamic formula known as the  ḥawqala  ( lā ḥawl a  wa-lā quwwat a  illā bi-Llāh ) is first attested in Ḥadīth and other written sources from around the eighth century CE. A similar formula is Q: 18 (al-Kahf).39b ( lā quwwat a  illā bi-Llāh ). Some scholars in the first Islamic centuries were concerned that the non-Qurʾānic  ḥawqala  would be more venerated than Q: 18.39b or confused with it. In this essay, I suggest in what respect the  ḥawqala  is related to Q: 18.39b. I argue that the  ḥawqala  is perhaps influenced by  Zech : 4.6b ( lō be-ḥayil we-lō be-koʾaḥ kī im be-rūḥī ) and its Syriac version. Past scholars have noted the similarity between the  ḥawqala  and Zech: 4.6b, but the exact relation between these two phrases has not been fully explored. I therefore discuss the linguistic and thematic similarities between both phrases and note some Islamic traditions in which the  ḥawqala  is said to be of Biblical provenance. By this, I show that there is good reason to suspect that the  ḥawqala  is partly influenced by  Zech : 4.6b and its Syrac version, and that this probably occurred at an early stage in the development of Islam when Jewish scripture was more regularly consulted as a means of confirming Islamic revelation.

The Ḥawqala and the Syriac Version of Zechariah : 4.6b