上述各种关于“伊拉赫”（ilaah，神圣者）的概念之间存在着清晰的逻辑关联。任何人若认为某个他人或某种存在者在超自然意义上是他的助佑者或庇护者，或能够解决他的问题、满足他的需求、听取并应允他的祈祷，或能够对他造成伤害或带来益处，那么他之所以这样认为，只是因为他相信该“人”或“存在者”在宇宙的管理中享有某种程度的权能。

There is a clear logical inter-connection between all the different concepts of ilaah set out above. Whosoever regards any other person or being to be his helper or patron in the supernatural sense, or capable of solving his problems or fulfilling his needs, of hearing and granting his prayers, or of doing him harm or good, does so only because he believes that ‘person’ or ‘being’ to enjoy some measure of authority in the management of the universe.

同样地,如果一个人避免某些行为或去做另一些行为,其出发点是希望或害怕这样做会赢得或触怒某个其他人或存在物的喜悦或不悦,那么他显然是因为相信那个人或存在物拥有某种超自然的权能,能够左右人间的事务。至于那些信仰真主、却转而向他者寻求满足自身需求的人,他之所以这样做,也只能是因为他相信那些他者拥有某种分享真主权能的份额。

Similarly, if a person’s avoidance of certain actions or performance of others is governed by the hope or fear that they would win him the pleasure or displeasure of some other person or being, he does so obviously because of belief that that person or being possesses some kind of supernatural authority in shaping the affairs of men. As for him who believes in God and yet turns to others for the fulfilment of his needs, he too can do so only because he believes them to have some share in God’s authority.

最后，那些将非真主的命令视为法律、并约束自己服从某人的命令或禁令的人，情况也是如此，因为他实际上已将至高无上的权威赋予了那个人。

And, lastly, no different is the case of the person who accords the status of law to the commandments of someone other than God, and binds himself to obey the injunctions or prohibitions of that someone, for he in effect thereby accords him supreme authority.

因此,我们可以有把握地得出结论:神性的本质是"权威",无论它被理解为对整个宇宙的超自然主权,还是基于人在其世俗生活中受神的律法约束、其一切命令都必须遵从这一事实,因为它们都源自于祂。

We can therefore safely conclude that the essence of godhood is ‘authority’, whether it is conceived as sovereignty of a supernatural kind over the whole universe, or on the basis that man is bound by God’s law in his worldly life and that all of His injunctions are to be complied with because they emanate from Him.