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Al-Anbya 8

Ayah 8 of 112 · Meccan

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَسَدٗا لَّا يَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُواْ خَٰلِدِينَ ٨

And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,1 nor were they immortal [on earth].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Like the angels. Rather, they were human beings with human attributes.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡWe made themjaʿalnāhum
  3. جَسَدٗاbodiesjasadan
  4. لَّاnotlā
  5. يَأۡكُلُونَeatingyakulūna
  6. ٱلطَّعَامَthe foodl-ṭaʿāma
  7. وَمَاand notwamā
  8. كَانُواْthey werekānū
  9. خَٰلِدِينَimmortalskhālidīna

Tafsir

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.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran