Eternal Proclamations in the Qur ānic Addressings

The Qur’ān is an eternal, living, and guiding truth for all ages and generations. Also, many doctrinal teachings and ordinances have been included in the Qur’ān’s addressing, including the Qur’ān’s anecdotal proclamations. Since these addressings and verses concern the time of Revelation and the past communities, some have assumed that these ordinances and doctrinal teachings do not have any relation to the present time, hence presuming the non-eternality of some part of the Qur’ān! In the present article, this presumption is repudiated and the eternality of the anecdotal addressings of the Qur’ān is proved. Noticing the admonitions and the wisdom of the stories of the Qur’ān, identification with the story, and the reciprocal dialogue of the Qur’ān and man are among the approaches for the updated perception of the Qur’ān’s stories.