Al-Ghani
الْغَنِيّ
The Self-Sufficient
What it means
Al-Ghanī needs nothing from anyone: not our worship (which benefits us, not Him), not our praise, not our gifts. The universe is His without addition, and would be complete even without any of it.
Qur'anic evidence
This name appears explicitly in the following ayahs:
Sources for this entry
The Arabic name and its enumeration follow the traditional list in Sunan al-Tirmidhī (§3507). The concise explanation reflects the consensus classical understanding taught in Al-Ghazālī's Al-Maqṣad al-Asnā and Ibn Kathīr's tafsīr. Qur'anic references are locations where the name appears in the Mushaf.
Contemplate Al-Ghani with SABR
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