Al-Basīr
The All-Seeing
Vision that encompasses all things simultaneously — one of the seven Sifat al-Ma'ani; affirmed in a manner befitting divine majesty, free from analogy with created sight.
To realise Al-Basīr is not to imagine that any created faculty of sight can approach the boundless vision of Allah, but to live with the abiding certainty that every glance of the eye, every stirring of the heart, and every deed done in solitude lies fully disclosed before Him. This awareness reshapes the believer's conduct: he guards his gaze, refines his intentions, and beautifies his hidden actions with the same care as his outward ones, knowing that no witness before Allah is needed and none before Him is hidden. In moments of injustice, when no human eye perceives his wound, the servant finds tranquillity in tawakkul, certain that his state is beheld by the One from whom nothing is concealed. Thus the name becomes a summons to muraqabah — to strive in sincerity, to hope in vindication, and to walk through the world as one who is seen, though he sees not the manner of that seeing which belongs to Allah alone in a way befitting His majesty.
This is the most frequent pairing in the Quran (e.g., 4:58, 17:1, 22:75, 42:11), balancing Allah's perfect perception of all sounds with His perfect perception of all sights, affirming that nothing whatsoever escapes His comprehensive awareness.
Paired in verses such as 17:30 and 35:31, this coupling balances Allah's outward vision of all visible phenomena (Basīr) with His inward knowledge of hidden realities and inner motivations (Khabīr), leaving neither the manifest nor the concealed outside His awareness.
Occurring together in verses like 22:61 and 40:20, this pairing balances Allah's direct visual perception of every act with His absolute encompassing knowledge, ensuring that His judgment upon His servants rests on both witnessed sight and infinite cognition.
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