Al-Qur'an tidak menganut pandangan sejarah yang progresif. Ketika Anda membaca kisah para nabi dalam Al-Qur'an, seperti Musa, Isa, Yusuf, dan Ibrahim ﷺ, jangan berpikir, "Ini adalah kisah masa lalu, kita hidup di zaman modern. Dunia kita berbeda, masyarakat, lembaga, dan pemerintahan kita jauh lebih maju dan canggih." Tidak. Jangan pernah berpikir demikian walau sedetik pun, karena itulah pemikiran orang-orang kafir sebagaimana Allah sebutkan dalam Al-Qur'an itu sendiri: "Orang-orang kafir berkata, ini hanyalah dongeng orang-orang dahulu." Ada alasan mengapa Allah memberikan kita informasi sejarah yang terperinci tentang perjuangan para nabi dan musuh-musuh mereka. Karena itulah perjuangan yang kita hadapi hari ini. Sebagaimana ada "pewaris para nabi" yang masih hidup di tengah kita hari ini, yaitu para ulama yang benar, ada pula pewaris Iblis. Ada pewaris Fir'aun. Ada pewaris Abu Jahal dan Abu Lahab. Janganlah kita buta terhadap kenyataan ini, agar kita tidak lengah karena mengabaikan peringatan yang jelas dari Tuhan kita.

The Quran does not assume a progressivist view of history. When you read the accounts of the prophets, Musa, Esa, Yusuf, Ibrahim, in the Quran, you should not think, “These are stories of the past — we live in modern times. Our world is different, our societies, our institutions, our governments are more advanced and sophisticated.” No. Never think that for one second because those are the thoughts of the disbelievers as Allah mentions in the Quran itself, “Those who disbelieve say, this is nothing but stories of the ancients.” There is a reason Allah gives us detailed historical information about the struggles of the prophets and their enemies. Because those are the struggles we face today. Just like there are “inheritors of the prophets” alive today, i.e., the righteous scholars, there are also inheritors of Iblis. There are inheritors of Pharaoh. There are inheritors of Abu Jahl and Abu Lahab. Let’s not be blind about this reality lest we be caught off guard because we did not heed clear warnings from our Lord.