Or it can be from an entire sentence, such as the word ‘Basmalah’, which is a summary of the sentence ‘Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim’, or ‘hawqala’, the subject of this book, which means ‘La Hawla wala Quwwata illa Billah’. Shortening can also be done from two words, as was said in regards to a person attributed to the tribe of ‘Abd Qays: (which became known as) ‘Abqasi. It is realised by taking a few letters from a statement to form a single word. This shortening of a phrase in Arabic is done if it was heard (had a precedent) from the early Arabs.
Firstly: What is intended by the word ‘Hawqala’? It is a word that is summarised from the statement ‘La Hawla wala Quwwata illa Billah’.