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Surah al-Anbiya' (The Prophets ) 21 : 8

وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰلِدِينَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(21:8:1)
(21:8:2)
jaʿalnāhum
We made them
(21:8:3)
jasadan
bodies
(21:8:4)
(21:8:5)
yakulūna
eating
(21:8:6)
l-ṭaʿāma
the food
(21:8:7)
(21:8:8)
kānū
they were
(21:8:9)
khālidīna
immortals

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Explanatory Note

God, in His infinite wisdom, selected His messengers from among human beings, subjecting them to all that a human being experiences from the moment of birth to the moment of death, including emotions, reactions, hopes, pains, eating food, marriage, etc. It is God’s wisdom that determined that the final and most perfect messenger to deliver His last and everlasting message should be the one who provided the most perfect example of human life on earth; a life full of motivation, experience, action and emotion.

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According to  Ibn Attiyah and Qurtubi there is consensus on this Surah being a Makki Surah -

"Both the subject matter and the style of the Surah indicate that it was sent down in the third stage of the life of the Prophet at Makkah" [Ref: Mawdudi]

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