سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٨
وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰلِدِينَ ٨
wamā jaʿalnāhum jasadan lā yakulūna l-ṭaʿāma wamā kānū khālidīna
And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,873 nor were they immortal [on earth].
[873] Like the angels. Rather, they were human beings with human attributes.
Verse 8 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:8), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 322 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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And I did not make the messengers I used to send as bodies which did not eat food. In fact, they used to eat as others eat, and they were not to remain in the world without dying.
We did not give them bodies that needed no food3, nor were they immortal.
[3] Such as the angels.
And We did not create them (the Messengers, with) bodies that ate not food, nor were they immortals.
We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals.
Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from death.
And We did not make them bodies not eating the food, and they were not to abide (forever).
And in no way did We make them (corporeal) forms that would not eat food, and in no way were they eternally (abiding).
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا
And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.
وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا …
And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner? …
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِدُونَ
And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
