Have you not seen those who claim that they believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you desiring to take their disputes to a false deity when they have been commanded to renounce himḍ But Satan desires to mislead them far astray. Outwardly they proclaimed sincerity while acting hypocritically in secret. He سبحانه exposed them through the tongue of Gabriel عليه السلام saying “desir- ing to take their disputes to a false deity when they have been commanded to renounce him yakfurū bihi” that is reject him. Whoever abandons his path and returns to anyone other than his master ustādh becomes deserving of exclusion and condemnation.
