(3) God in Man's Conscience[47] ([Arabic: wa-l-bāṭin] and He is the Hidden--Qur'an lvii. 3.) In this sense the Qur'an is truly a revelation! His sign is in all things, | * [Arabic: fa fi kulli šayʾin lahū] | Indicating that He is One. | * [Arabic: aayah naral anna hu wāḥid] +Note 7.+ _III.--Why is Islam the best religion?_ My real task begins with this Note. I have to explain to you why I consider Islam[48] the best of the religions that are now professed by men all over the world. Mark, I do not say that other religions are not good, but I only say that Islam is the best religion of all those I know. Why do I say so? Because no other religion accords so well as Islam with the modern ideas of Science. By applying the adjectives "good," "better" and "best" to religions, I indicate the _degree_ to which each religion, by its tenets and teaching, induces men to seek their welfare [Arabic: falāh]: and by the word "Science" [Arabic: ilm] I mean simply the systematised knowledge of things known and knowable. _Science_ discovers things that are necessary or desirable for human welfare. _Arts_ generally show the way in which those things can be obtained or manufactured. _Governments_ provide, or ought to provide, facilities for scientific investigation and for improvement in arts. And it is _Religion_ that should move men to take the fullest advantage of the science and arts of the time. You may take a horse to a river but you cannot make him drink unless he is thirsty. If he is thirsty he will drink of his own accord; but if he is not, neither the appearance of clear water, nor the easy way to get at it, nor indeed your whip or coaxing can ever induce him to drink. In the same way Science may show you water or anything that is useful, Arts may show you different ways of getting it, the Government of your State may offer rewards or even threaten punishment; but you will not drink, that is to say, you will not take advantage of the good things shown you and placed at your disposal, unless you are thirsty, unless there is something in you which impels you to it. This thirst, this something that is the moving force or _motive_, is created or furnished by Religion.