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Yusuf 39

Ayah 39 of 111 · Meccan

يَٰصَٰحِبَيِ ٱلسِّجۡنِ ءَأَرۡبَابٞ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيۡرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّارُ ٣٩

O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allāh, the One,1 the Prevailing?2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Single, individual and unique in His attributes and His deeds.

2 He who subdues doubts and false arguments with clear evidences and who subdues and imposes His will upon all creation.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰصَٰحِبَيِO my two companionsyāṣāḥibayi
  2. ٱلسِّجۡنِ(of) the prisonl-sij'ni
  3. ءَأَرۡبَابٞAre lordsa-arbābun
  4. مُّتَفَرِّقُونَseparatemutafarriqūna
  5. خَيۡرٌbetterkhayrun
  6. أَمِorami
  7. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  8. ٱلۡوَٰحِدُthe Onel-wāḥidu
  9. ٱلۡقَهَّارُthe Irresistiblel-qahāru

Tafsir

Joseph then addressed the two men in the prison, asking whether worshipping many gods was better or worshipping Allah, the One, Who has no partner, the Prevailing over all else, Who none can prevail over.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran