and demonstrative evidence and clarification. Its singular is basīrah. Al-Zajjāj said, “Basā’ir means something becoming apparent and clear.” Al-Jawharī said, “Basīrah means proof and insight into a matter.” Allah, Most High, says:

“Rather, man is a witness against himself (14).” [al-Qiyāmah 14]

Nothing can be a proof, a demonstration, an explanation, or something evident unless it can be understood and known. What no created being can understand cannot be any of these things.

The eighth is His saying, Most High:

“Among them are those who listen to you. But can you make the deaf hear, even though they do not understand? (42)” [Yūnus 42]

And His saying, Most High:

“The likeness of those who disbelieve is that of one who calls out to something that hears nothing but calls and cries.” [al-Baqarah 171]

And His saying, Most High:

“Among them are those who listen to you, but when they leave you, they say to those who have been given knowledge, ‘What did he just say?’ Those are the ones whose hearts Allah has sealed and who follow their own desires (16).” [Muhammad 16]

And His saying, Most High:

“And do not be