Since Allah named the idols gods, is it correct for us to say that there is no god existing except Allah?

The student: .......

The Shaykh : It has been mentioned previously that they are not called gods in truth; they are called gods falsely. Allah named them gods, and the messengers also named them gods. Yes, they are gods, but they are false. And because of their falsity, the negation in His saying is valid: .
The student: ......

The Shaykh : No, we estimate that "there is no true god"; the predicate of the subject is omitted, and the estimation is "true" except Allah.
The student: Is it permissible for me to say "there is no god existing" and consider those gods as mere names?

The Shaykh : No, no, it is not correct. Because if we estimated it this way, some of them estimated it this way and said: the estimation is "there is no god existing." But if we said this, the polytheists would object to us and say: if you say these are not gods, then we are not polytheists, because we did not worship a god. And this is false. So it is obligatory that we estimate "there is no true god except Allah." And this is the explicit meaning of the Qur'an. Allah named them gods and said: He named him a god. And this is not a refutation of the polytheists until we say this is from the perspective of accommodating the opponent. And Ibrahim said to his people: , and the righteous man -to his people- the advisor said: So the revealed revelation, the speech of the messengers, and the speech of the righteous agreed upon this. Yes.