Al-Basir (الْبَصِيْرُ) means The All-Seeing. It is name 27 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Baṣīr sees everything, the outward and the inward, in darkness and light. Nothing we do is hidden from Him, which brings both comfort and awareness.
The root and its meaning
Al-Basir comes from the Arabic root ب ص ر (b-ṣ-r), which carries the sense of sight and insight.
Where it is in the Quran
Al-Baṣīr often comes with As-Samīʿ: "There is nothing like Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing."
Surah Ash-Shura 42:11
فَاطِرُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا وَمِنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌۭ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ
Faatirus samaawaati wal ard; ja'ala lakum min anfusikum azwaajanw wa minal an'aami azwaajany yazra'ukum feeh; laisa kamislihee shai'unw wa Huwas Samee'ul Baseer
[He is] Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you from yourselves, mates, and among the cattle, mates; He multiplies you thereby. There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
Quran 42:11. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Calling on Allah by this Name
Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا بَصِيْرُ (Yā Baṣīr) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Baṣīr, You see what I go through, so ease it."
A dua from the Quran
فَسَتَذْكُرُونَ مَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ
Fasatazkuroona maaa aqoolu lakum; wa ufawwidu amreee ilal laah; innallaaha baseerum bil'ibaad
And you will remember what I [now] say to you, and I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of [His] servants."
Quran 40:44. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
- Quran 42:11, translation by Sahih International.
- Quran 40:44, translation by Sahih International.
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