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Sufficiency in an Age of Excess

What the Qur'anic principle of kifāyah teaches a distracted generation

By Kifāyah Institute·May 15, 2026·4 min read

More Is Not Enough

Every age has its temptation. Ours is the conviction that the next thing — the next purchase, the next notification, the next achievement — will finally be enough.

It will not.

The Qur'anic Counter

"Is not Allah sufficient for His servant?" (39:36)

This verse is not a slogan. It is a diagnosis and a cure. The disease is the felt insufficiency of what we have. The cure is recognizing the actual sufficiency of the One who gives.

Practicing Sufficiency

  • Cap consumption at what genuinely serves a worthy life
  • Curate inputs — the people, ideas, and media you let into your head
  • Return often to remembrance, the practice that locates contentment where it actually lives

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