ABSTRACT
The late Meccan suras were now answering to an older layer of Qurʾān revelation, where a triumphant God was promising a quick retribution to those who refused to heed the warning of the prophet. Islam Dayeh has recently argued that Sūras 40-46 exhibit features of textual but also intertextual coherence. The late Meccan period of the Qurʾān is thus more than a mere stylistic change in the compositional style of the Sūras. The Sūra reminds the followers of Muhammad of the iniquities of the Jews toward Moses and later toward Jesus. The Noah story, which is retold here in far more detail than in Sūras 10, has a concluding summary of prophetic activities that is by now depressingly familiar. Thus, the chapter explores that Joseph was a model, but would emphasize that he was a negative model, a resolution to Muhammad's dilemma that was unsatisfactory.
