24. Except the Prophet Muhammad, which were the other prophets who took political positions?

In the modern sense of ‘politics’, the Prophet Muhammad did not occupy any political position. He was only the chief of a tribal system. It was the Prophet Dawud (David) and the Prophet Sulaiman (Solomon) who held positions of head of state during their period of prophethood.

The Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) was also only in charge of the food and agricultural ‘ministry’, while the Hyksos king who ruled Egypt during his time prevailed upon the law. It is clearly outlined in the Quran and the Torah that the law of the land in the time of the Prophet Joseph was in the hands of the non-believing king under whom Joseph only served as a minister:

He could not have detained his brother under the King’s law. (Quran 12:76)