Home Quran Quran roots غ ن ي
73 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 151
The Quran root غ ن ي gh-n-y
Words built from the root غ ن ي ([gh-n-y]) appear 73 times in the Quran. The most common is أَغْنَتْ, “will avail”, which comes 28 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَغْنَتْ | aghnat | will avail · avail | 28 | |
| غَنِيّ | ghaniyy | Free of need · Self-Sufficient | 24 | |
| أَغْنَى | aghnaa | availed · avail | 15 | |
| اسْتَغْنَى | astaghnaa | considers himself free from need · can do without them | 4 | |
| مُغْني | mughny | one who avails · avert | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَن تُغْنِيَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمْ وَقُودُ النَّارِ ١٠
تُغْنِيَ tugh'niya · will avail
Indeed, those who disbelieve - never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allāh at all. And it is they who are fuel for the Fire. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:10)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَن تُغْنِيَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَأُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ ١١٦
تُغْنِيَ tugh'niya · will avail
Indeed, those who disbelieve - never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allāh at all, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:116)
قَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَا أَذًى وَاللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَلِيمٌ ٢٦٣
غَنِيٌّ ghaniyyun · (is) All-Sufficient
Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allāh is Free of need and Forbearing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:263)
وَنَادَىٰ أَصْحَابُ الْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًا يَعْرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَاهُمْ قَالُوا مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ٤٨
أَغْنَىٰ aghnā · (has) availed
And the companions of the Elevations will call to men [within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, "Of no avail to you was your gathering and [the fact] that you were arrogant." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:48)
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا فَكَفَرُوا وَتَوَلَّوا وَّاسْتَغْنَى اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ ٦
وَّاسْتَغْنَى wa-is'taghnā · And can do without them
That is because their messengers used to come to them with clear evidences, but they said, "Shall human beings guide us?" and disbelieved and turned away. And Allāh dispensed [with them]; and Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy. (Surah At-Taghabun, 64:6)
وَبَرَزُوا لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا فَقَالَ الضُّعَفَاءُ لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ مِن شَيْءٍ قَالُوا لَوْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ لَهَدَيْنَاكُمْ سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَجَزِعْنَا أَمْ صَبَرْنَا مَا لَنَا مِن مَّحِيصٍ ٢١
مُّغْنُونَ mugh'nūna · the one who avails
And they will come out [for judgement] before Allāh all together, and the weak will say to those who were arrogant, "Indeed, we were your followers, so can you avail us anything against the punishment of Allāh?" They will say, "If Allāh had guided us, we would have guided you. It is all the same for us whether we show intolerance or are patient: there is for us no place of escape." (Surah Ibrahim, 14:21)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 4×
- Surah An-Nisa · 4×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 4×
- Surah Yunus · 4×
- Surah Hud · 3×
- Surah An-Najm · 3×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.