To be Relieved of the Fear of an Authority

O Mohammad, and whoever fears an authority or seeks something from him, when he meets him, he should say:

يَا مُمَكِّنَ هَذَا مِمَّا فِي يَدَيْهِ وَ مُسَلِّطَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ دُونَهُ وَ مُعَرِّضَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ لِامْتِحَانِ دِينِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ دُونَهُ إِنَّهُ يَسْطُو بِمَرَحِهِ فِيمَا آتَيْتَهُ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ وَ يَجُورُ فِينَا وَ يَتَجَبَّرُ بِافْتِخَارِهِ‏ بِالَّذِي ابْتَلَيْتَهُ بِهِ مِنَ التَّعْظِيمِ عِنْدَ عِبَادِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَسْلُبَهُ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ أَنْتَ بِقُوَّةٍ لَا امْتِنَاعَ لَهُ مِنْهَا عِنْدَ إِرَادَتِكَ‏ فِيهَا إِنِّي أَمْتَنِعُ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذَا بِخَيْرِكَ وَ أَعُوذُ مِنْ قُوَّتِهِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ ادْفَعْهُ عَنِّي وَ آمِنِّي مِنْ حِذَارِي مِنْهُ بِحَقِّ وَجْهِكَ وَ عَظَمَتِكَ يَا عَظِيمُ

O Sustainer of this [ruler] from what is in his hands and Enforcer of him over everyone below him, and Exposer of him to test his way over everyone below him, for he arrogantly seizes what you have given him of power, oppresses us, and boasts with his pride. By what You have tested him with of exaltation among Your servants, I ask You to strip him of it by Your power that he cannot resist from it by Your will. In it, I seek refuge from the evil of this by Your goodness, and I seek protection from his strength by Your power. O Allah, bless Mohammad and his family, repel him from me, and protect me from his harm by the right of Your countenance and Your greatness, O Magnificent.

  Bihar Al-Anwar (ed. - Beirut), vol. 92, p. 310