statement of those who said: Allah is poor and we are rich" (Qura'n, 3:181). They had said so
upon hearing the verse saying, "Who will loan Allah a beautiful loan...?" The Almighty
answered them by saying, "O men! You are the ones who stand in need of Allah while Allah
is self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy" (Qura'n, 35:15). The Almighty emphasized the same fact in
another verse: "... and whoever disbelieves, then surely Allah is self-Sufficient, above any
need of the worlds" (Qura'n, 3:97).
Al-Ghaniyy has no need, within Himself or in His Attributes or deeds, for anything or anyone
at all. He needs none while everything and everyone need Him. Al-Ghaniyy is the Perfect One
due to what He has and what is with Him. Our Lord, the Most Praiseworthy, is referred to as
such because need is a deficiency, and the needy person is incapable of attaining what he
desires or aspires for. The one who is needed has an advantage, because of what he has, over
the one who is in need of him. Deficiency is out of the question in the case of the Absolute al-
Ghaniyy, and incapacitation cannot be attributed to Him, Praise to Him, nor can anyone do
Him a favour, for everything is His own creation and invention; He formed and created it, and
it is totally dependent on Him in everything. Everything is exactly what the Creator wants it
to be.
Everyone else besides Allah is needy while He, al-Ghaniyy, does not need anyone. The Holy
Prophet is quoted saying, "Wealth is not abundance of availability; rather, it is the richness of
one's own soul." The highest degree of wealth is satisfaction, contentment, with what is
available with you; therefore, there is, indeed, no wealth like the feeling of contentment. A
man may be very poor, yet he tries his best to look good in the eyes of the people. Notice
what the Almighty says about such persons: "... the ignorant man perceives them rich on
account of their abstaining (from begging)" (Qura'n, 2:273).
The Almighty exists by virtue of the necessity for His existence, on His own merits; therefore,
He needs none besides Himself. Everything and everyone besides Him may exist, yet its
existence comes about when He creates it; so, He, and He alone, Praise to Him, is al-
Ghaniyy.
- "Al-Mughni"
Allah, al-Mughni, has said, ... and if you fear poverty, Allah will enrich you out of His grace
if He pleases; surely Allah is Knowing, Wise. (9:28)
Al-Mughni has granted His favours to His servants abundantly and facilitated for them the
achievement of their goals and objectives, and the meeting of their everyday needs. There is
no independence nor self-sufficiency except that He caused it to exist. He enriches His friends
from the treasures of His lights, facilitates for those who live in the universe to access the
means of their livelihood and sustenance by His decree. He enriches every truth which He
provides in a measure, for He, and only He, knows its secrets, what is hidden of it and what is