Translation:
"O my two companions 1692 of the prison! (I ask you): are many lords differing among themselves better, or the One Allah, Supreme and Irresistible?
"O my two companions 1692 of the prison! (I ask you): are many lords differing among themselves better, or the One Allah, Supreme and Irresistible?
Translation:
"O my companions in imprisonment! Which is more reasonable: 40 [belief in the existence of numerous divine] lords, each of them different from the other" 41 -or [in] the One God, who holds absolute sway over all that exists?
"O my companions in imprisonment! Which is more reasonable: 40 [belief in the existence of numerous divine] lords, each of them different from the other" 41 -or [in] the One God, who holds absolute sway over all that exists?
Commentary:
40 Lit., "better", obviously in the sense of "better conforming to the demands of reason".
41 The expression mutafarrigun connotes plurality às well as separateness-in this context, separateness in respect of qualities, functions and degrees.
40 Lit., "better", obviously in the sense of "better conforming to the demands of reason".
41 The expression mutafarrigun connotes plurality às well as separateness-in this context, separateness in respect of qualities, functions and degrees.
1692 Note the personal touch again. 'Are we not also companions in misfortune? And may I not speak to you on terms of perfect equality—as one prisoner to another? Well then, do you really think a conflict of heterogeneous gods is better than Allah, the One (and Only), Whose power is Supreme and Irresistible?" (R).