Rizwan Zubair

Root غ ن ی gh-n-y

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غ ن یgh-n-y

(س) غَنِيَ يَغْنٰى غِنًيghaniya yaghnā ghinany: (1) to be free of all need (in the absolute sense, of God alone) (2) to be wealthy (3) to dwell in a place, to maintain one's existence. ﴿كَاَنْ لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا فِيْهَا﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:92)

غَنِيٌّghaniyy pl. اَغْنِيَآءُaghniyāʾu (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): free of need; wealthy. ﴿وَاللّٰهُ الْغَنِيُّ وَاَنْتُمُ الْفُقَرَآءُ﴾ (Muḥammad 47:38)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَغْنٰى يُغْنِيْ اِغْنَاءًaghnā yughnī ighnāʾan: (1) to avail someone, to benefit (2) to make wealthy. ﴿مَآ اَغْنٰى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ﴾ (Al-Masad 111:2); ﴿وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَاَغْنٰى﴾ (Aḍ-Ḍuḥā 93:8); مُغْنٍmughn (original form: مُغْنِيٌmughniy, active participle (ism fāʿil)): that which avails.

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَغْنٰى يَسْتَغْنِيْ اِسْتِغْنَاءًistaghnā yastaghnī istighnāʾan: to adopt an attitude of independence, to consider oneself free of need. ﴿كَلَّآ اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغٰٓى ۝ اَنْ رَّاٰهُ اسْتَغْنٰى﴾ (Al-ʿAlaq 96:6–7)

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