"Has he made the gods"—as an interrogation from them—"into one God?" That is, he has done so when he called them to the worship of Allah alone. "Indeed, this is a curious thing." Curious ('ujab) and amazing ('ajib) are synonymous, like 'tiwal' and 'tawil' (long), 'arad' and 'arid' (wide), and 'kibar' and 'kabir' (great).