{We relate to you the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Quran although before that you were among the heedless.}*
That is, before the revelation, you were among the heedless.
Whoever does not receive the revelation is heedless. He who does not hear or see the words of God is heedless. Veiled by the materialistic world, the desires, ignorance, and the “I”….
He, the Almighty, is always speaking. He, the Almighty, addresses creatures at all times. We are the ones basking in heedlessness, which veils us from hearing the words of God. If you are not of those who hear and see the words of God every day and night and always—then you are heedless and among the heedless.
Identify your shortcomings, leave your heedlessness behind, and enter the Holy presence of God and listen to His words: {Remember your Lord inwardly, in all humility and awe, without raising your voice, in the mornings and in the evenings. Do not be one of the heedless.}**
Make your life revolve around His remembrance, Glory be to Him. May the gates of the kingdom and knowledge be opened for you so that you will be among the knowledgeable ones and not of those who are heedless.
*Quran Chapter “Joseph” 12:3.
**Quran Chapter “The Heights” 7:205.
Ahmed Al-Hasan
December 2, 2021