And Allah is saying: “You don’t take two deities; indeed He is the only Deity if you are fearing Me only”.
Deity means, the One to whom one can seek refuge and help, upon whom one can entrust, only whom one can be afraid of, and in front of whom one has to reply about life as explained in verse 1: 4. Today, these verses are read by the Arabic Quran reading Fujjar among mankind. But they have not considered the Lord as the Single Deity, King, and Lord of mankind rejecting verses 114: 1-3. These Fujjar who falsely claim that they are believers are entitled to remind mankind that there is no patron or intercede for mankind except the Lord of worlds. But these worst creatures mentioned in verse 8: 22 are not utilizing Adhikr which teaches all these facts, or are not giving It to others as explained in verse 6: 26. See explanation 2: 40, 96; 16: 2 and 36.