So what emerges from this whole sum is that he is a king and master over all the sons of Adam, and that everyone who came before him was his property and his followers, and those who ruled in him were his representatives. If it is said

then his saying, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, “Do not prefer me”

p> So the answer is that we did not prefer him, rather God favored him, for that is not ours, and if those were mentioned whom God guided, then by their guidance he followed what the prophets, peace be upon them, mentioned, then it is correct, for he said, then he guided them and their guidance came from God, and it is his law, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, that is, adhere to your law by which your deputies appeared from Establish the religion and do not be divided in it. He did not say, “Follow him in them.” And in his saying, “And do not be divided in it,” is a warning about the oneness of the laws. And his saying, “Follow the religion of Abra