غَنِيّself-sufficient

Example sentences

• وَهِي وَإِن كَانَت مَنْفَعَتهَا للْعَبد وَالله غَنِي عَنْهَا فَهِيَ لَهُ من جِهَة محبته لَهَا وَرضَاهُ بهَا

  And even though its benefit is for the servant and Allah is self-sufficient from it, it is for Him in terms of His love for it and His approval of it.

  غَنِيٌّ — is self-sufficient. This noun is indefinite, with no 'the', and serves as the description completing 'God is self-sufficient'. Standing as the predicate of a subject with no verb, it takes the plain subject ending, equating God with this quality.

  From: Worship and Repentance →

• وَهُوَ الْغَنِيُّ لِأَنَّ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَعِدُكُمْ مَغْفِرَةً وَفَضْلًا

  And it is wealth because Allah the Exalted promises you forgiveness and bounty.

  الْغَنِيُّ — wealth. This noun carries 'the' and stands as the predicate, the thing the subject 'it' is being equated with. With no verb between them, Arabic states identity simply by placing pronoun and noun side by side.

  From: Charity and Stinginess →