there are other gods besides Allah? Say, ‘I do not testify to that.’ Say, ‘He is only One God.’” [al-Anʿām 19]

And His words, Most High:

“Say, ‘Call upon Allah or call upon the Most Merciful. Whichever you call upon, to Him belong the most beautiful names.’” [al-Isrāʾ 110]

And His words, Most High:

“Those who say, ‘Allah is the third of three,’ have certainly disbelieved. There is no god except One God.” [al-Māʾidah 73]

And other passages like these. Ambiguous passages are referred back to these unambiguous ones. Thus, it becomes clear that His words, “your God and the God of your fathers” [al-Baqarah 133], use conjunction to distinguish between attributes, as in His words, Most High:

“He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate.” [al-Hadīd 3]

And His words, Most High:

“Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, if you would be certain. (7) There is no god except Him; He gives life and causes death—your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers. (8)” [al-Dukhān 7–8]

His expressions “Indeed, We” and “We” convey the majesty of the Lord, Most High, and the fact that everything besides Him, angels and others alike, is created and owned by Him. He therefore has a greater right to the plural of majesty than the kings of whom this expression is used, although the wording itself contains no ambiguity. If someone finds it ambiguous because of his limited understanding, it is explained to him through comparable expressions. This is why the early generations—may Allah Most High be pleased with them—would call ambiguous any passage that some people found difficult and consequently understood in a sense other than the one intended.