Transliteration:( Qul innamaaa ad'oo rabbee wa laaa ushriku biheee 'ahada )
33 The Holy Prophet is ? the first worshipper of Allah Almighty, in His entire creation and although he came to the polytheists, he remained totally pure from polytheism, infidelity, sins,, and any of other moral defects. This verse is in praise of the Holy prophet ? .
This tells us that one declares his religion, faith, and sincerity to the people so that they can act upon it. This has cut the very root of TAQIYA i.e. permissible subterfuges or statements to conceal one's true religion.
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Please refer to Surah Jinn ayat 18 which provides the complete commentary from verse 18 through 24.
(72:20) Say, (O Prophet): “I call on my Lord alone, and I do not associate aught with Him in His Divinity.”[21]
21. That is, to call upon Allah is no objectionable thing, which may so provoke the people. The evil thing, however, is that one should associate another with Allah in His divinity, and this I never do; this is done by those who mob and surround me when they hear God mentioned by me.
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