There has certainly been for you in them an excellent pattern

Certainly for you, in all of them, there is a beautiful role model, an excellent example.

This means Abraham (peace be upon him) and his followers who stood up to falsehood.

Let’s understand these beautiful names.

‎ٱلۡغَنِىُّ‎ means someone who doesn’t need anybody else. It’s an ism sifah mushabbahah—a constant, permanent attribute—which means He’s never going to be in a position where He needs anybody else.

That’s ghina.

Now the word ‎ٱلۡحَمِيدُ‎. There are two words in Arabic: Hamid and Mahmud.

‎مَحۡمُود‎ is an ism maf’ul, meaning someone whose praise has been done—it’s done to them. It has the same pattern as ‎مَضۡرُوب‎ (struck), ‎مَأۡكُول‎ (eaten). So Mahmud means the one whose praise is done by someone.

But Hamid is also on the pattern of maf’ul—they say this pattern can carry the meaning of maf’ul—but the benefit of this particular word is profound. It means the one who is praised. Whether someone is around or not, He still has praise.

For Mahmud, you need someone there who is doing the praising. But Hamid is praised in and of Himself, whether anybody else exists or not.

No other creation needs to exist for Allah to be Al-Hamid. But something needs to exist for someone to be mahmud.

So if you turn away from the religion, “I don’t need you. And it’s not like I need anybody else to praise Me either, because I am Al-Hamid.”

If the only time you’re praised is when others praise you, then you’re mahmud.

No one but Allah is truly Hamid. Someone could be mahmud, but nobody can be hamid except Allah Himself.