39يا صاحِبَيِ السِّجنِ أَأَربابٌ مُتَفَرِّقونَ خَيرٌ أَمِ اللَّهُ الواحِدُ القَهّارُMuhammad Asad"O my companions in imprisonment! Which is more reasonable:1 [belief in the existence of numerous divine] lords, each of them different from the other2 - or [in] the One God, who holds absolute sway over all that exists?Lit., "better", obviously in the sense of "better conforming to the demands of reason".The expression mutafarriqan connotes plurality ds well as separateness - in this context, separateness in respect of qualities, functions and degrees.