Are different masters better, or Allah, the One, the All-paramount?

Are different masters better, or Allah, the One, the All-paramount?” [^10] And Pharaoh is also quoted to have said, thus: ﴿ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الأعْلَى ﴾ “I am your exalted lord!” [^11] It also says about the polytheists during the time of the Holy Prophet ( ṣ ): ﴿ وَاتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً لِيَكُونُوا لَهُمْ عِزًّا ﴾ “They have taken gods besides Allah that they may be a [source of] might to them.” [^12] Based on historical accounts, the polytheists used to regard their idols as different manifestations of the natural forces, worshipping them in a bid to benefit from these forces or to be immune from the threat and danger they brought.