الْقُرْآنُ كِتَابُ كُلِّ عَصْرٍ
The Qur’an is a book for every age.
Descriptions of mistaken beliefs and corrupt conduct are not limited in instructive value to the particular people involved in the earliest events. Greed, fear, partisanship, status-seeking and injustice remain recurring human possibilities across changing societies.
Two dimensions must be held together: the historical setting of revelation, which clarifies early addressees and circumstances, and the recurring ethical meaning, which can guide reflection on later conduct.
Without this balance, the Qur’an may be reduced to a chronicle of the past, or, at the opposite extreme, every contemporary disagreement may be forced into an ancient category while relevant historical distinctions are ignored. Both approaches diminish sound interpretation.