Quranic root
قني
q · n · y
The supplied evidence centers on provision of sufficiency through retained possessions, with a related extension to contentment.
The Quran-focused discussion connects قِنْيَة with saved wealth and also interprets the Quranic expression as granting رضا وطاعة, described as a higher form of sufficiency. This development is supported by the Quran-focused lexical discussion, not by an independent root-principle source.
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
أَقْنَى
ʾaqnā
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To provide what gives sufficiency, specifically retained or stored wealth (qinyah).
In the Quranic pairing أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ, this is explained as granting what contains sufficiency and what constitutes qinyah, namely saved wealth.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 53:48word 4
“and suffices”
To satisfy; to grant contentment.
A further interpretation of the same Quranic expression understands the granted qinyah figuratively as رضا وطاعة, contentment and obedience.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 53:48word 4
“and suffices”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 53:48وَأَقْنَىٰand suffices
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 1 Classical meanings
قنى / اقتنى
To acquire, possess, or retain something as a possession.
The cited Classical forms include acquiring or keeping a thing and figuratively retaining such qualities as modesty; this is broader than the Quranic causative use.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The supplied QAC record labels أَقْنَىٰ as a noun, while the Quran-focused lexical discussion explains the form through the verbal interpretations of granting qinyah and satisfying; the public POS label follows the supplied QAC morphology.