Meaning & Explanation
Al-Basir is the One who sees all things, apparent and hidden. His sight encompasses everything in the heavens and earth, in darkness and light. He sees the blackness of the ant on a dark stone in the darkest night. Nothing is hidden from His vision.
Quran References
3 versesContext: Repeated throughout the Quran
وَاللَّهُ بَصِيرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ
“And Allah is All-Seeing of what they do”
Context: Allah's sight is unlike any creation
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
“There is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing”
Context: Allah reassuring Musa and Harun
إِنَّنِي مَعَكُمَا أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ
“Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see”
Exemplifying Story
quranMusa and the Hidden Meeting
Reference: Surah Ta-Ha 20:39-40
When baby Musa was placed in the river, his mother's heart was filled with fear. Al-Basir saw her anxiety and inspired her: "Cast him into the river and do not fear." The river carried the basket to Fir'awn's palace. Al-Basir saw every moment - the baby reaching shore, Fir'awn's wife finding him, Musa refusing all wet nurses. Then Allah reunited mother and child, fulfilling His promise: "That her eye might be content and she would not grieve." Al-Basir saw it all unfold according to His perfect plan.
Al-Basir sees what we cannot see. When we trust His vision and follow His guidance, He arranges events in our favor beyond our imagination.