everything else.
"Sam" may mean: acceptance of and a favourable response to. It exists, for example, in a tradition wherein the Messenger of Allah says, "Lord! I seek refuge with You against a statement which is not heard," meaning a supplication which does not receive His favourable response. It is also similar to one Muslims pronounce during their obligatory daily prayers: "Samia Allahu liman amidah," that is, Allah responds favourably to the pleas of those who
praise Him.
The Almighty has said,
Surely I am with you both: I do hear and see. (20:46) Or do they think that We do not hear
what they conceal and their secret discourses? Aye! And Our messengers (angels) are with
them writing (everything) down. (43:80) Allah has indeed heard the plea of the [woman] who
pleads to you about her husband. (58:1) And if they resolve to divorce, Allah is surely
Hearing, Knowing. (2:227)
One who comes to realize that Allah knows everything will safeguard his tongue against
uttering falsehood. He will always say what is right. One who realizes that Allah hears even
our thoughts will adopt the manners of one who watches over his conduct and who always
holds himself accountable for what he contemplates, says, or does. A servant of Allah ought
to know that Allah did not create the hearing faculty for him except so that he would listen to
the speech of Allah which He revealed unto His Prophet in order to benefit from it and to be
guided by it. If a servant of Allah seeks to be close to his Lord by offering nawfil (optional
acts of adoration), he will be loved by Allah Who will then pour over his hearing of His
divine light, thus making his insight very sharp, so much so that such a person will be able to
see beyond the world of matter. If a servant of Allah remains straightforward in his worship
of Allah, continuously seeking to please Him, Allah will surely provide him with goodness
from Him and with divine light.
- "Al-Baseer"
Allah has said, "He is with you wherever you are, and Allah sees whatever you do" (Qura'n,
57:4). In language, seeing is achieved through the faculty of vision; it is the reflection of light
on what can be seen and its impression on the eyes. Seeing is also an insight, a discretion, an
innermost conviction. One who is baseer is one who sees deeply, who is knowledgeable, who
is an expert. Also, to "see" means not to rush, but to contemplate, to be acquainted with
things, and to be firm in adhering to the creed.
Al-Baseer sees everything, the apparent and the hidden, without using the faculty of vision.
When applied to the Almighty, Glory to Him, vision receives the perfection whereby the
qualities of anything that can be seen are realized. Al-Baseer fully knows every visible thing,