Joseph 12:39

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Arabic English Morphology
يَٰصَىٰحِبَىِ yāṣāḥibayi
O my two companions Noun
(of) the prison Noun
Are lords Noun
separate Noun
خَيْرٌ khayrun
better Noun
أَمِ ami
or Prep
Allah Noun
ٱلْوَٰحِدُ l-wāḥidu
the One Noun
the Irresistible Noun

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

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

یَـٰصَـٰحِبَیِ ٱلسِّجۡنِ ءَأَرۡبَابࣱ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَیۡرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡوَ ٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّارُ ۝٣٩

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