وَهُوَ بَيْنَ الْغُلُوِّ وَالتَّقْصِيرِ وَبَيْنَ التَّشْبِيهِ وَالتَّعْطِيلِ وَبَيْنَ الْجَبْرِ وَالْقَدَرِ وَبَيْنَ الْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيَاسِ.
The religion of Islam follows a middle path between excess and deficiency, likening God to creation and denying His attributes, compulsion and the doctrine of autonomous human creation, and feeling secure from punishment and despairing of mercy.
وَنَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُثَبِّتَنَا عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَيَخْتِمَ لَنَا بِهِ.
We ask Allah Most High to keep us firm upon faith and to grant that our lives end in that faith.
How the passages fit: Creedal moderation avoids four paired extremes: excess and neglect, resemblance and denial of attributes, compulsion and independent creation, presumption and despair. Steadfastness upon this path is sought through prayer.
Application: Correct knowledge should nurture action, humility and supplication. The balance of fear and hope supports repentance, obedience and trust in divine mercy.
Limit of inference: Moderation is not an evidence-free compromise between contradictory claims; it is adherence to what is soundly established.