Ghaniyu and Mughni are both names of Allah SWT and belong to the 99 names of Allah. As the 99 names of Allah have benefits and Allah SWT told us to make dua with these names, we should study their meaning and the benefits that we will get from making Dua with these names.
This study will focus on their meaning and the benefits that we can get from His names SWT.
Ghaniya and Mughni meaning
Al Ghani meaning
Ghani (الغني) is one of the names of Allah that can be translated as The Rich. It means that Allah is The Rich by Himself who has complete richness and He is the one that makes His servants rich but none like Him in His Richness. That explains why this name is translated as The self-sufficient.
The meaning can be explained in various ways. The first meaning is self-sufficient like being in no need of anything. This meaning is in the Quran about Allah SWT.
“Allah ˹alone˺ is truly the Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy”.
Quran 22:64
Also, this meaning is in Surah Fatir. 35:15 “O humanity! It is you who stand in need of Allah, but Allah ˹alone˺ is the Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy”.
Other meanings of Al Ghani are attributed to creatures. And in this context, the self-sufficient or the not needy can not be attributed to Allah’s creatures but it may mean having a few needs. Like being rich and that is mentioned in the prophet saying, peace be upon him: (Richness is the richness of the soul) (Hadith on the authority of Abu Huraira).
Another meaning was also found in Quran and Sunnah about Al Ghani meaning but only Al Ghani is Allah Who can be called self-sufficient.
Al Mughni meaning
Al Mughni (المغني): it can be translated as The Enricher. It means that He is the one that enriches people with what they need from food & clothes. He does not need to give but His servants need Him and they do not need anyone else to give and enrich them.
The Almighty said: {And I did not create the jinn and mankind except that they should worship 56 I do not want from them any sustenance, and I do not want them to be fed}
[Al-Dhariyat 56-57]
And in Hadith Qudsi Allah says:
If the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you, were to rise in one place and ask of Me, and I were to give everyone what he asked for, that would not decrease what I have any more than a needle decreases the sea if put into it..”
(Narrated by Muslim)
Ya Ghaniyu & Ya Mughni Meaning
After knowing that both are names of Allah means the Rich and the Enricher. You can also know that the “Ya” that we say before these names is the vocative sound in Arabic that is used to call Allah in Dua.
So, Ya Ghaniyu means “O The Rich”. Ya Mughni means “O The Enricher”. That is the way you can use in Dua. Similar to Ya Allah, Ya Kareem.
The benefits of Alghani & Almughni
As both are of the ninety-nine names of Allah, making Dua by these names was recommended by Allah in Quran.
So, include one of the 99 names of Allah in your Dua as Allah says “وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا” The most beautiful names belong to Allah. so call on him by them(Quran 7:180).
There are sayings that the repetition of these names by certain numbers can have powerful benefits. We didn’t include these sayings in this article as they are found to be inauthentic. As we prefer to follow what is authentic in Quran and Sunna in all our acts of worship including Dua and Dhikr.
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