God helps those who help themselves = Be true to yourself.
III. The verse صراط الذين انعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم و لا الضالين points to the Principle of Moderation:
It is the straight path of righteousness that enables you to avoid crooked paths of sin and error and leads you to happiness.
From this results the Maxim of the Average:
Adopt the mean of two extremes = Be moderate in everything.
I will now endeavour to shew, as briefly and as simply as possible, how the principles and maxims I have stated correspond with the best scientific ideas of the present age. By "the best scientific ideas," I mean nothing more than conclusions arrived at by eminent men of science after severe study and prolonged investigation. I can only refer to the conclusions as such without attempting to summarise the reasoning, etc. by which they have been reached. You may read the works of authors I shall name, if you wish to learn more of their thoughts.
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Principle of Unity.
1. The first Principle of Unity توحيد implies that there is but one Energy or Force whose different transformations we call forces, but one Life whose appearance in different shapes we call lives, and but one Mind whose different manifestations we call minds. But the universal Energy, the universal Life, and the universal Mind[57] الرحمن الرحيم مالك يوم الدين رب العالمين are themselves but so many forms, appearances or manifestations of the one Being الله who is Infinite الصمد and Absolute لم يلد و لم يولد و لم يكن له كفوا احد. This is exactly what scientific men and philosophers have said and are saying to-day. Read the works of any of the eminent men mentioned in the margin, 1. Herbert Spencer.
2. Dr. A.R. Wallace.
3. Prof. James.
4. Sir Oliver Lodge.
5. Dr. Theodore Merz. and you will find that the conclusion they have reached after life-long investigations, tallies remarkably with the conception of God which Islam formulated centuries ago.