yāṣāḥibayi l-sij'ni a-arbābun mutafarriqūna khayrun ami l-lahu l-wāḥidu l-qahāru
Translation
O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allāh, the One,597 the Prevailing?598
Notes
[597] Single, individual and unique in His attributes and His deeds.
[598] He who subdues doubts and false arguments with clear evidences and who subdues and imposes His will upon all creation.
Verse 39 of Surah Yusuf (12:39), a Meccan surah, is in juz 12, on page 240 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Al-Mukhtasar
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.
