Al-Anbiyá 21:8 وما جعلناهم جسدا لا ياكلون الطعام وما كانوا خالدين ٨
وَمَا
جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ
جَسَدٗا
لَّا
يَأۡكُلُونَ
ٱلطَّعَامَ
وَمَا
كَانُواْ
خَٰلِدِينَ
٨
We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals.
— M. Pickthall
Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from death.
— A. Yusuf Ali
Lee Tafsir
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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