Al-Muqīt - The Nourisher and The Watcher

The meaning of Al-Muqīt is that He is the creator of nourishment. (The nourishment) He conveys to the bodies is food, and (that which) He conveys to the hearts is knowledge. Thus it has the same meaning as Ar-Razzāq except that Al-Muqīt is more specific than Ar-Razzāq. For sustenance includes nourishment and that which is not nourishment, nourishment being that which is sufficient for the support of the body. If, however, it is taken to mean one’s taking possession of a thing, having power over it, with the appropriation being achieved by the power and knowledge – and the argument for this (interpretation) is in the words of God Most High, “God overseeth all things”, that is to say, He is cognizant of and has power over everything – its meaning would then go back to (what is meant by) power and knowledge.