إِنَّمَا سُلْطَـٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشْرِكُونَ Qur’an An-Nahl (16:100)Innam a sul ta nuhu AAal a alla th eena yatawallawnahu wa a lla th eena hum bihi mushrikoon a
Or: "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.