Al-Khabīr - The All-Cognizant One The Aware The Omniscient

He is the one from whose mind no hidden information escapes. Nothing occurs in either (His) physical or spiritual domain, not an atom is set into motion or becomes still, not a breath is disturbed nor quieted without His knowledge of it.

This term is equivalent to Al-ʿAlīm. (But) when knowledge is related to hidden secrets, it is called cognizance, and the one possessing it is called a cognizant one.

Man’s portion of that (name) lies in his being cognizant of those things which take place in his world, and his world is his heart and his body. The secrets by which his heart is characterised ­– deception, treachery, worldliness, the concealment of evil, a public display of that which is good and fine behaviour which endeavours to present a faṣade of faithfulness whereas (in reality) one is (completely) bankrupt of it ­– are known only to the one who has tested his soul and applied himself to the study of it, one who has come to know its cunning, deceit and deception and who therefore girds himself to combat it and takes precaution against it. (Only) such a person is worthy of being called a cognizant one.