Assalamualaikum, readers (May the peace and mercy of Allah be upon you). Subahanallah (Glory be to Allah) we are currently in the second half of December of 2010 and soon 2011 will set into our lives. Time surely passes us by fast. As humans, we are always busy with worldly matters all day long. As usual, life starts after Subuh and sometimes does not even seem to end unless Isyak comes. It is natural to stumble into many kinds of people everyday especially when we work in office and deal with a human network. We cannot help to feel uncomfortable and often scared with someone who has a higher position compared to us since we don’t know what they feel about us in their heart.
Islam teaches us how to confront with this type of people and deal with them appropriately without losing our dignity and faith. Sometimes, people feel afraid too much more than it is necessary. It keeps going till people think their superiors have power to control almost everything in their lives and future – how they carry themselves and future career development. On the contrary, they are nothing but mere creations of Allah, just like we are. Allah is the Almighty. He is the only sole Entity who has power over anything that has happened, is happening and will happen in this world. Not a single piece of leaf will fall without His knowledge and His realization.
So, what is the best way to face our superiors? The answer is supplicating invocations (doa) to Allah. There is a bunch of invocations that Islamic scholars suggested us to recite before having any contacts with these people. The verses were derived from the Quran or Hadiths. They are as follows:
Invocations when dealing with a powerful ruler/ an adversary
May Allah protect us from any evil intentions and deeds of humans. Insyaallah (With Allah’s will).
p/s: The invocations were quoted from a book entitled
Fortress of the Muslim by Said bin Wahf Al-Qahtani
and published by Darussalam
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