I would like to tell you'll about the grandest and the greatest ayah in the noble quran. Our maker the almighty he states in surah Baqarah (Ayat al Kursi) It is a powerful ayah and you know interestingly there is an authentic narration that has been reported to us and this particular narration has been reported by Abu Huraira (RA) and the narration goes along the lines of these words :
At once some wealth had come in and that needed to be distributed in charity and the prophets (PBUH) he puts Abu Huraira (RA) in charge of this Wealth Now what happens, Night falls, Abu Hurairah (RA) who is in charge of this wealth, you know there must have been a lot of things he was looking after these things and then suddenly he notices a man pilfering away from the wealth, he runs up to him and he catches him and he tells him I am going to produce you in front of the Prophet(PBUH) because you are stealing and the man he starts giving out all kinds of beautiful stories he puts up a big drama like " I'm so poor, I have kids to feed and it's dire poverty that drove me to do this, please let me go I will not do this again" so Abu Hurayrah(RA) who was a soft-hearted individual, He feels sorry for the man and he lets him go...Now morning comes Abu Hurayrah meets the Prophet(PBUH). And Rasool (PBUH) asked Abu Hurayrah(RA), " Abu Hurayrah what happened to your prisoner last night? Now Abu Hurayrah(RA) was baffled, how did the Prophet (PBUH) know about this encounter obviously Allah (Subhanawtaala) had informed the Rasool (SAW) about this encounter and then Abu Huraira (RA) mentions the entire story with the Prophet Allah Prophet (PBUH) then tells him Ya Abu Hurayrah he is going to come tonight as well.SubhanAllah,
Now Abu Huraira (RA) is intrigued and not only that he's extremely alert, Night falls he catches the man again and this time he tells: I'm producing you the Prophet(PBUH), and Once again the man starts all his pitiful stories he says, he weeps, he laments and he tells him please let me go, please let me go. until finally Abu Hurayrah feels sorry for the man and he lets him .. And morning comes the Prophet (PBUH ) asks the same question again, "Ya Abu Hurayrah what happened to your prisoner last night?
And then Abu Huraira(RA) narrates whatever happened the night before and in the Prophet (PBUH) tells him Ya Abu Hurayrah he will come tonight as well now the third night Abu Huraira (RA) is determined and says come what may I'm not letting this man go he catches the man he tells him Ya Rajul I'm not letting you go I'm producing you in front of Prophet(PBUH) whatever you say now the man knows that Abu Huraira (RA) is determined not to let him go so he tells him "Ya Abu Hurayrah what if I were to teach you something, something worthwhile will you let me go now Abu Hurayrah(RA) was anyway a very keen student of knowledge was intrigued this peaked his curiosity what is this man at this juncture going to teach me He tells him, Okay fine. if it's worthwhile and then the man teaches him if you read the Ayat Al Kursi before you go to bed at night Allah (SWT) appoints a protector over you and no devil no Shaytan can get close to you now Abu Huraira (RA) lets the man go. Next day morning he informs the prophet of Allah (SWT) about this entire ordeal this entire encounter And you know what the prophet (PBUH)says. he says Ya Abu Hurayrah that man is generally a liar is he never speaks the truth but this time he has spoken the truth and then he goes on to inform him that, that was none other than on Shaytan himself.
Shaytan in the guise of a human being and it was from the will of Allah(SWT) that he should teach such a powerful thing and now see we're not believing the words of Shaytan here The prophets (PBUH) acknowledges what shaytan said, therefore, it is true and it is a powerful form of protection you read ayat ul kursi before going to sleep Allah appoints a protector over you and no devil no Shaytan can think of even getting close to you such a powerful ayat it is. After every single prayer makes it part of your Adhkaar obviously. It is from the Adhkaar that you read in the morning in the evening where you read Ayat al Kursi is you know like you donning armour to protect yourself from the attacks of the devil it offers this AURA of protection around you. you are protected by Allah (SWT) and therefore my dear brothers and sister of Islam you must take hold of this ayah, study about the ayah and just go into the Tafseer of the ayah, You're going to be blown away by the might and the power of this Ayah. It talks about Allah (SWT) and likewise makes sure that you read this ayah often whenever you feel scared and whenever there is fear involved read this Ayah and Allah (SWT)is with you