The third word of verse (12:39) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and noun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The indefinite noun is masculine plural and is in the nominative case (مرفوع). The noun's triliteral root is rā bā bā (ر ب ب).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:39:3) a-arbābun Are lords
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif N – nominative masculine plural indefinite noun	الهمزة همزة استفهام اسم مرفوع

Verse (12:39)

The analysis above refers to the 39th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allah , the One, the Prevailing?

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root rā bā bā

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