This article supports the view that the so-called "Constitution of Medina" claimed significance as it provides political prescriptions or provisions for the creation of a Muslim state or government. This approach assumes that a contextual understanding of the conditions underlying the creation of the document supports the thesis that the Quran omits explicit provisions for any form of government or state. This article will first examine the context of the debate, alluding to the nature of Muhammad's prophetic mission in order to primarily establish Muhammad's inherent lack of overt political ambition and stance, thus rejecting claims of an overt political prescription present in the early formation. of Islam. This approach will then examine the contextual meaning of the “Constitution of Medina”, in order to clarify the idea that the community established in Medina reflects an Islamic ideal to which Muslims can, or should, aspire. This article will finally examine the nature of the Quran in relation to governance issues and political concerns, in order to fully illuminate the inherent lack of political ethics within it and the lack of evident provisions for the creation of a Muslim state or government. This article supports the idea that Muhammad sought to inspire a political movement that existed consciously and diametrically from "non-Islamic" forms of social organization, instead understanding Muhammad's mission and Qur'anic revelation as an attempt to reaffirm monotheistic beliefs and spirituality focused inward. It has become somewhat axiomatic to suggest that Muhammad embodies the positions of both "Prophet and Statesman", as reflected in Watt's (1961) title below... at the center of the paper... uny Press: New York) Rahman, S (1984) The Islamic State in theory and practice, Islamic Studies, vol. 23, pp. 389-417Romanides, J (1968) Islamic Universalism and the Constitution of Medina. Consulted online at: http://www.romanity.org/htm/rom.14.en.islamic_universalism_and_the_constitution_of_medin.html, Last accessed: 10 March 2014Rubin, U (1985) The 'Constitution of Medina' Some Notes, Studia Islamica , Vol. 62, pp. 5-23Serjeant, R (1978) The Sunnah Jami'ah covenants with the Jews of Yathrib and the Tahrim of Yathrib: analysis and translation of the documents included in the so-called 'Constitution of Medina', Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, vol. 41, pp. 1-42. Watts, W. (1961). Muhammad: prophet and statesman. (Oxford University Press: London and New York) Wellhausen, J (1889) Muhammad's Constitution of Medina, (Skizzen and Vorarbeiten: Berlin)