Al-Baṣīr
The All-Seeing
Root ب ص ر (b-ṣ-r). Lane provides the verb baṣura as ‘[he saw; i.e.] he became seeing’. Baṣar means sight, and abṣara means he saw. Baṣīra is insight or clear evidence, as found in Qur'an 12:108, while tabṣira means means of insight, mentioned in Qur'an 50:8. ‘And He is the Hearing, the Seeing’ (42:11).
The root
ب ص رb-ṣ-r
Seeing. Lane gives baṣura as '[he saw; i.e.] he became seeing'.
- بَصَرbaṣarsight
- بَصِيرَةbaṣīrainsight, clear evidence (12:108)
- أَبْصَرَabṣarahe saw
- تَبْصِرَةtabṣirameans of insight (50:8)
Pronunciation
الْبَصِيرُ
al-ba-SEER
In the Qur'an
فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
[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.
42:11 · Sahih International