Now this authority is a concomitant of prophethood and messengership; khilafah and wisayah both mean successorship to a prophet; likewise, headship in spiritual and temporal affairs is a sort of the above‑mentioned authority; and all of it is different from the correct meaning of the imamah. The imamah implies that a man has an intrinsic quality because of which people should follow him faithfully, making their words and deeds to conform to his words and deeds; but none of the above‑mentioned interpretations brings out this meaning.
Ama kauli yako yakuwa: Amewasifu kwa kuwa kwao pamoja na kujumuika kwao katika sehemu moja, nayo ni kama ya mwanzo kwani sehemu au mahala hujumuisha watu wa aina tofauti, kati ya Muumini na kafiri kama ambavyo idadi yaweza kujumuisha kati ya Waumini na Makafiri, pia msikiti wa Mtume (s.a.w) ni bora zaidi kuliko pango na tunaona ulikuwa ukijumuisha Waumini na wanafiki (yaani ukiingiwa na watu hao) pia makafiri, na kuhusu hilo Mwenyezi Mungu alie takasika anasema: (ÝãÇ ááÐíä ßÝÑæÇ ÞÈáß ãåØÚíä Úä Çáíãíä æÚä ÇáÔãÇá ÚÒíä)