Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 211
211 again in the world to demonstrate to mankind a life of moral perfection. It is also necessary that these models should themselves be men for a being that is not human cannot serve the purpose of a model for men. The conduct of such a being cannot encourage mankind to imitation. So we must have perfect men to imitate and such men must appear from time to time to enable other men to mould their conduct in imitation of them. Islam claims that such perfect men appear frequently on earth. For instance, the Holy Quran says: 'O, Sons of Adam, whenever I raise from among you apostles who relate to you My signs, then those who learn righteousness from them and help them to reform the world, shall suffer neither fear nor grief. ' 119 Apart from Prophets, there are other persons who may also, though to a lesser degree, serve as models for the people. Concerning these the Holy Prophet sa says, 'God will raise among the Muslims, at the be- ginning of each century, men who will renew the faith by excluding from it false doctrines and be- liefs which may have crept into it, during the course of the century. ' 120 119 Al-A‘r a f, 7:36. 120 Ab u D a ’ u d.