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].
— Saheeh International
Dan Kami tidak menjadikan mereka (para rasul-rasul) suatu tubuh yang tidak memakan makanan, dan mereka tidak (pula) hidup kekal.
— Indonesian Islamic affairs ministry
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Messengers are no more than Human Beings
Here Allah refutes those who denied that human Messengers could be sent:
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلاَّ رِجَالاً نُّوحِى إِلَيْهِمْ
(And We sent not before you but men to whom We revealed.) meaning, all the Messengers who came before you were men, human b
…The Messengers are no more than Human Beings
Here Allah refutes those who denied that human Messengers could be sent:
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلاَّ
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