Al-`Alim -The All-Knowing
God’s Name Al-`Alim (The All-Knowing) By Salman Al-Oadah Muslim Scholar [Allah’s knowledge is complete and perfect. It comprehends the past, present and future] Allah’s name Al-`Alim (the All-Knowing) is an emphatic form of the word `alim (knower). It appears 157 times in the Qur’an. For example: {Indeed You are the All-Knowing, the Wise.} (Al-Baqarah 2: 32] {And He is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful.}(Ar-Rum 30: 54) …and {That is the determination of the Mighty, the All-Knowing.} (Al-An‘am 6: 96) The general form of the name ‘Al-`Alim’ appears thirteen times in the Qur’an with reference to Allah. For instance:{Knower of the unseen and the seen.} (Al-An ‘am 6: 73) {Knower of the unseen, from whom not an atom’s weight is hidden.}(Saba` 34: 3) The name Al-`Allam appears four times in the Qur’an. This is the most emphatic form of the word, emphasizing the perfection and totality of Allah’s knowledge. For instance: {Surely You have full knowledge of all that is unseen....