Al-Basir (The All-Seeing)

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Al-Basir (The All-Seeing) is one of the 99 Names of Allah in Islam, signifying God’s attribute of perfect and all-encompassing sight and awareness of everything visible and hidden.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Divine attribute in Islam
Name of Allah
One of the 99 Names of Allah
appearsIn Qur’anic discourse on divine attributes
associatedWith Islamic theology
Tawhid
linked to: tawhid
category Names expressing God’s knowledge
contrastedWith Limited human perception
denotesAttribute All-encompassing awareness
Awareness of everything hidden
Awareness of everything visible
Perfect sight
encourages God-consciousness (taqwa)
Moral accountability
Sincerity in worship
ethicalImplication Discourages secret wrongdoing
Encourages justice and honesty
hasMeaning The All-Seeing
implies God’s knowledge of all actions
God’s knowledge of all inner states
God’s knowledge of all intentions
Nothing escapes God’s sight
isNameOf Allah
language Arabic
recitationBelief Brings awareness that God sees all deeds
recognizedBy Shia Islam
Sufi tradition
Sunni Islam
relatedName Al-Khabir
Al-‘Alim
As-Sami‘
rootLetters ب ص ر
theologicalRole Affirms God’s direct awareness without mediation
Affirms God’s transcendence above sensory limitation
transliteration Al-Basīr
linked to: Al-Basir
usedIn Dhikr
Islamic devotional practice
Supplication (duʿa)
worshipImplication Believers avoid hypocrisy
Believers seek inner and outer purity

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Asma ul Husna includesName Al-Basir (The All-Seeing)