21: Prophets
This chapter of 112 Meccan verses
arranged in seven sections was revealed after
the one on Abraham 14 and before Believers 23 and [Soul] Snatchers 79
It is full of important philosophy beginning in Section II which deals
with the
essential Oneness of God. We are also told that the God of every man allows
for
no intercession (II).
The next theme concerns a prophet's gifts, and it states that Muhammad
was
a messenger rather than a poet (IV). We learn how Abraham dealt with images
or
daIs (V), while the roles of David and Solomon are also discussed (VI),
a section
that is somewhat parallel to 38:III-IV. The theme becomes inspiring in
the face of
the prophet's trials, and at the end it becomes almost apocalyptic.