Al-Khabeer
The All-Aware
He is the One Whose knowledge encompasses all inward and hidden things as well as the outward ones.
This great name occurs 45 times in the Qur’an. For example: {Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is All-Aware.} [Sūrat Al-‘Ādiyāt: 11] And {And what We have revealed to you [O Muhammad] of the Book is the truth, confirming what was before it. Indeed, Allah, of His servants, is All-Aware, All-Seeing.} [Sūrat Fātir: 31] And {And He is the Vanquisher above His servants, and He is the All-Wise, the All-Aware.} [Sūrat Al-An‘ām: 18] In light of this great name, I would say:
- Our knowledge of the meaning of this name increases our glorification and praise for Allah Almighty, as well as our love for Him.
- Our belief in the meaning and comprehensiveness of this great name prompts us to do good deeds and to do them perfectly and deters us from doing wrong to our Lord or to His creation. Allah Almighty says, {And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord as All-Aware and All-Seeing of the sins of His servants.} [Sūrat Al-Isrā’: 17]
- A person can possibly deceive people and pretend to them that he is honest, kind, and religious while he is inwardly malicious and wicked. But, before Allah Almighty, all secrets are exposed. {Whether you speak secretly or loudly, He knows the secrets that lie hidden in the breasts of people. Does He not know, He Who has created, while He is the All-Subtle, All-Aware?} [Sūrat Al-Mulk: 13]So, he can either repent to his Lord and ask Him for pardon and forgiveness or wait to be exposed and punished, sooner or later. Allah Almighty says, {And who is a greater wrong-doer than he who invents a lie against Allah? Such men will be set forth before their Lord and witnesses will say, “These are those who lied against their Lord. Lo! Allah’s curse be upon the wrong-doers.”} [Sūrat Hūd: 18]
- It is not possible for a person who knew the meaning of Allah’s name ‘the All-Aware’ to have any doubt or worry whatsoever regarding the beauty of the Shariah of Allah and the correctness of His rulings in every time and place. This should come as no wonder for it is the Shariah of the All-Wise and All-Aware Lord.
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