The 99 Names · Verse Keys
Al-Muheet المحيط
The All-Encompassing, who encompasses everything in knowledge, power, mercy and dominance.
Explanation
A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 173 ↗
Evidence
﴿وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ مُّحِيطࣰا ١٢٦﴾
Call upon Allah by this name
“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180
Example for practice
اللهم يا محيط، أحِطني بحفظك ورحمتك، واكفني ما لا علم لي به
O Allah, O Al-Muheet, surround me with Your protection and mercy, and suffice me against what I have no knowledge of.
An example for practice, not a transmitted text — following the Quranic way of closing a request with the fitting name (see Ibn al-Qayyim, Bada'i' al-Fawa'id 2/249).