Al-Mughni
Al-Mughni is the Enricher — the One who frees His servants from need, of wealth and of heart.
Name 89 of 99
الْمُغْنِي
Al-Mughni
The Enricher
- In Arabic
- الْمُغْنِي
- Transliteration
- Al-Mughni
- Position in the list
- Name 89 of 99
Al-Mughni — The Enricher
What the name means
Ighna is to make someone free of need. The name is the giving form of Al-Ghaniyy: He is rich in Himself, and He enriches others.
It is not in the Quran as a divine noun — it enters the ninety-nine through at-Tirmidhi — while the act is stated: He is the One who enriched and made content.
Living by this name
The two verbs in that verse are separate on purpose. To be given much and not be content is not enrichment; the second is the part that has to be asked for.
Its response is to ask for sufficiency rather than for a number. See also Al-Ghaniyy and Ar-Razzaq.
Where Al-Mughni comes from
Al-Mughni does not appear in the Quran as a standalone name. It reaches the famous list of ninety-nine through the narration of at-Tirmidhi, and its meaning is established by the Quran in other words — through verbs and related forms rather than the name itself. Scholars accepted such names on that basis; this page marks the distinction rather than hiding it.
How reliable is the list of ninety-nine?
That Allah has ninety-nine names is established in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, and both are agreed upon. The specific enumeration — this list of ninety-nine — comes from a narration in Jami' at-Tirmidhi that at-Tirmidhi himself called gharib, and which many hadith scholars grade weak; several held that a narrator compiled the names by searching the Quran and Sunnah. Classical scholars including al-Khattabi, Ibn Hazm, al-Qurtubi and al-Ghazali compiled lists of their own that differ from it. None of this touches the names themselves, every one of which is established elsewhere; it means the count of exactly these ninety-nine is a scholarly arrangement rather than a revealed roster, and Allah's names are not limited to them.
Questions about Al-Mughni
Al-Mughni (الْمُغْنِي) means "The Enricher". Like every one of the ninety-nine names, it describes an attribute of Allah rather than serving as a label — the names are how the Quran teaches who Allah is.
Not as a standalone name. Al-Mughni reaches the list of ninety-nine through at-Tirmidhi's narration, while its meaning is established in the Quran through verbs and related forms. This page says so plainly rather than attaching a verse that does not contain it.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Mughni" — and ask for what that attribute gives. The Quran instructs it directly: "To Allah belong the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them" (7:180).
It is number 89 in the well-known list. The order comes from the narration of at-Tirmidhi and is a scholarly arrangement, so numbering can differ slightly between printed lists — the names themselves do not.