Surah 12. Yusuf, Ayah 39

Lit., "better", obviously in the sense of "better conforming to the demands of reason".

The expression mutafarriqun connotes plurality as well as separateness-in this context, separateness in respect of qualities, functions and degrees.

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?'