The Meaning of "La ilaha illa Allah"?

Question : The questioner asks: What is the ruling on interpreting the phrase "La ilaha illa Allah" as "There is no true object of worship in existence except Allah"?

Answer : Yes, this is correct: there is no true object of worship in existence except Allah. However, it is better to say "There is no true object of worship except Allah," based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: . Accordingly, what is the implied word for the predicate?
"True." So the meaning is: There is no true object of worship except Allah the Exalted. There are objects of worship, but they are not true, as Allah the Exalted said: . Thus, it is affirmed that these invoked entities are gods, but they are false gods, as Allah the Exalted said: . This is the best way to interpret this great phrase, "La ilaha illa Allah": the interpretation is "There is no true god except Allah," and you know this now.
There are people who are mushrikin (associating partners with Allah) who believe that the sun is a god, some believe the moon is a god, and some believe a cow is a god—a cow that gives milk, and when we crave meat, we slaughter it. For some people, this is a god they worship and seek blessing from its urine and dung. But is it a true god or a false one? It is false, without a doubt. So the best way to parse "La ilaha illa Allah" and its meaning is that there is no true object of worship except Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).