Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 78
78 the Holy Quran, so that Islam will never remain without such Reformers, or without people who have met such Reformers, or those who have met the latter, and so on. Islam, according to the Divine promise, will remain free from the kinds of errors as have infiltrated other religions and caused their teachings to become corrupted. In short, what we learn from the Holy Quran in this context is as follows: 1. God definitely provides for man’s physical and spiritual needs; more so the spiritual ones because they have precedence over the physical on account of their wider scope and greater sig - nificance. If God were not to make such provisions, the very creation of the universe would be purposeless. 2. God has promised that whenever people stand in need of guidance, He will provide it for them. 3. If God does not provide such guidance, His creatures would be entitled to object. 4. If God does not send guidance in a time of need and yet pun - ishes those who went astray for want of guidance, this would be an act of injustice, and God cannot be unjust. 5. God has specifically promised that He will keep sending indi - viduals to reform the Muslims, and that these individuals will safeguard the essence of the Holy Quran.