Surah Al-Anbya, ayah 8
وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰلِدِينَ
And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].
Al-Anbya · 21:8
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْjaʿalnāhumWe made them
- جَسَدًۭاjasadanbodies
- لَّاlānot
- يَأْكُلُونَyakulūnaeating
- ٱلطَّعَامَl-ṭaʿāmathe food
- وَمَاwamāand not
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
- خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaimmortals
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