Al Basweer

Al Basweer is one of the attributes of Allah Ta'ala which means the one who sees everything. Nothing can be hidden from Allah Ta'ala. He knows everything and He sees everything. Allah Ta'ala can see everything that there is in the earth, in the sea, in the atmosphere and everything in our heart. The vocabulary "hide" does not apply for Allah Ta'ala in any way. Allah Ta'ala sees everything that we do in a dark room where there is no one and no camera. Say one had sent a proposal somewhere, waiting for a positive response, but the person who was proposed, wants to know more about one, so people are accrued to get information about one. How would one behave in such a situation? Will one engage in unpleasant things that will cause one's marriage proposal to be rejected? Obviously not. One will behave well and one will avoid things that can cause this proposal to be rejected even if they may not be that serious. Likewise, one will be very careful in places where one knows that there is a camera which is recording all one's movements or in places where one's family or children is seeing one. Out of respect for them, one will behave well. When someone is aware that Allah Ta'ala is Al-Basweer who is seeing one everywhere, one will behave well everywhere. The more one is conscious of this, the more careful one will be in one's life. It is this prudence which is called Taqwa. To be conscious that Allah Ta'ala is watching us has been qualified as Ihsaan by Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam). That is, one behaves as if one is seeing Allah Ta'ala or Allah Ta'ala is looking at one. Thus, Ihsaan brings about Taqwa. As for Ihsaan, it stems from an abundance of Zikrullah that makes one remember that someone is watching one's activities and movements. To develop the state of Ihsaan, a person must remember that Allah Ta'ala is watching him every time he is tempted to commit a sin. This will serve to reduce his temptation to a certain extent and he will be able to control himself better. The world keeps reflecting on measures that need to be taken to stop evil. What will they lose if they try this too?

[English version of "Al-Basweer" – Al Jamiat – Vol.6 No.12]