This study is to find the role of historical setting of the Quran revelation in understanding Quran, which
is traced through the cause of Quran revelation. The verses analyzed in this study are the verses of the law
(legal verses) which have the special cause of revelation. Those verses of the law are read and interpreted by
using three theory of the cause of revelation, those are the common word of the Quran text, the special cause of
revelation, and maqāsid al-sharīa (purposes of sharia). The finding of this study asserts that the verses of the
law which are read and interpreted by using maqāsid al-sharīa are more dynamic than using two other theories.
Based on this finding, then any provision of the law which differ textually with the provision of the law existing
in the Quran may it is a part of the Quran teaching based on the similarity of maqāsid al-sharīa