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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Al-Basir (The All-Seeing) canonical 1

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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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