Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:39

12:39

يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

yāṣāḥibayi l-sij'ni a-arbābun mutafarriqūna khayrun ami l-lahu l-wāḥidu l-qahāru

O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allāh, the One, the Prevailing?

— Saheeh International

Fellow prisoners, would many diverse gods be better than God the One, the All Powerful? [No indeed!]

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"O two companions of the prison! Are many different lords (gods) better or Allâh, the One, the Irresistible?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 12Page 240meccan

Word by Word

يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِyāṣāḥibayiO my two companions
ٱلسِّجْنِl-sij'ni(of) the prison
ءَأَرْبَابٌۭa-arbābunAre lords
مُّتَفَرِّقُونَmutafarriqūnaseparate
خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
أَمِamior
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلْوَٰحِدُl-wāḥiduthe One
ٱلْقَهَّارُl-qahāruthe Irresistible