Saturday, October 9, 2010

Relationships

Introduction

The meeting and development of a relation with a person is the most crucial feature of life. There are so many types of relationships, that many confusions are rampant. The rate of unsuccessful relationships has caused many to choose being alone, for fear of being hurt. What is needed is the guidelines towards beginning and sustaining a successful relationship. Crucial when talking about relationship is the relationship between the state and its citizens. States have successfully interfered with personal relationships, because the ideology of a state often govern the relationship and choice of people's partners. Lets explore the concept of relationships, types, impacts, guidance and successes.

Types of relationships1. girl-boy
2.man-woman
3.husband-wife
4.Parent-child
5.Teacher-student
6.student-student
7.Principal-teacher
8.Principal-parent
9. Principal-department
10.Employer-employee
11.Religious leader-congregation
12.State-citizens
13.Friends
14.professionals
15.Workers
16.Public-officials
17.sisters
18.brothers
19.Sister-brother
20.Business-customer

Obvious from the above is that each relationship must have common/general principles as well as specific, focused relationship principles. What is also clear when looking at the list of relationships, is that individuals are involved in different relationships on a daily basis. The question then stands out clearly how do I as an individual succeed in all these different relationship roles?
The most powerful advice received from the Perfect Human, Nabie Mughammad SAW is "believers are brothers and sisters of each other, so do not oppress each other or hand another over to an oppressor, supply supply one another with his or her needs and Allah SWT will Supply you with your needs. The other core feature of Advice for relationships is from the Holy Qur'an " do good to your enemy and you will find the he/she will become your bosom friend" . These are the core guidelines that underpin our relationship with someone - whoever he/she is. Now we know that is a major challenge because it requires of us to become charitable and not selfish. It is not about what I can get out of the relation, but what can I put into the relationship. That needs courage - because it asks us to break our lower-self and transcend to the higher self - total dependence on THE UNSEEN - ALLAH SWT - that is true belief. Those are the ones who become successful in this world and the next, and the Prophet Mughammad SAW - showed us that it is humanly possible to become humble in the Presence of Allah SWT, Who is Everywhere and to be totally reliant on Allah SWT. So Allah SWT teaches us in the Qur'an that Enough is "Allah SWT as desposer of all affairs" and every affair goes in front of Allah SWT. No that is total consciousness of Allah SWT - TAQWA. Successful are the Mutaquun is the Advice of The Holy Qur'an - Yes we have all the answers in the Qur'an and the Practical example of the Prophet Mughammad SAW and the righteous ones who truly followed his example. So we ask in every Fatigha for Allah SWT to Guide us on their path. The Path of those for who Allah SWT Expand the world and consciousness ['AN-AM-TA 'A-LAY-HIM]. Now for now that is all and now we must go an experiment with the above Advice and report back to ourselves and Allah SWT of the level of our growth in relationships with everyone - in shaa Allah.

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