100إِنَّما سُلطانُهُ عَلَى الَّذينَ يَتَوَلَّونَهُ وَالَّذينَ هُم بِهِ مُشرِكونَMuhammad Asadhe has power only over those who are willing to follow him,1 and who [thus] ascribe to him a share in God's divinity.2Or: "who make him their master". Cf. in this connection 14:22 and the corresponding note 31.I.e., inasmuch as they pay an almost worshipful reverence to such blandishments as wealth, power, social position, etc.