Al-Mughni (الْمُغْنِيْ) means The Enricher. It is name 89 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Mughnī enriches whom He wills, with wealth or, better still, with a contented heart. The Prophet ﷺ said true richness is richness of the soul.
The root and its meaning
Al-Mughni comes from the Arabic root غ ن ي (gh-n-y), which carries the sense of making free of need.
Where it is in the Quran
The exact name is not in the Quran. Its verb is in 9:28 and 53:48.
Surah At-Tawba 9:28
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌۭ فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ ٱلْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَٰذَا ۚ وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ عَيْلَةًۭ فَسَوْفَ يُغْنِيكُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ إِن شَآءَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ
Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanooo innamal mushrikoona najasun falaa yaqrabul Masjidal Haraama ba'da 'aamihim haaza; wa in khiftum 'ailatan fasawfa yughnee kumul laahu min fadliheee in shaaa'; innallaaha 'Aleemun hakeem
O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wise.
Quran 9:28. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Surah An-Najm 53:48
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ
Wa annahoo huwa aghnaa wa aqnaa
And that it is He who enriches and suffices
Quran 53:48. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Calling on Allah by this Name
Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا مُغْنِيْ (Yā Mughnī) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Mughnī, make me need no one but You."
From the Sunnah
اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ، وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ
Allāhummak-finī bi-ḥalālika ʿan ḥarāmik, wa aghninī bi-faḍlika ʿamman siwāk
O Allah, let what You have made halal be enough for me instead of what You have made haram, and by Your bounty make me need no one but You.
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3563, graded hasan
- Quran 9:28, translation by Sahih International.
- Quran 53:48, translation by Sahih International.
- Jami at-Tirmidhi 3563, graded hasan.
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