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Al-Anbiya 21:8 وما جعلناهم جسدا لا ياكلون الطعام وما كانوا خالدين ٨

21:8
وَمَا
جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ
جَسَدٗا
لَّا
يَأۡكُلُونَ
ٱلطَّعَامَ
وَمَا
كَانُواْ
خَٰلِدِينَ
٨
We did not endow the Messengers with bodies that would need no food; nor were they immortals.
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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

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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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Chapter 21, Page 322, Juz 17

1. The time of people's reckoning has drawn near, and yet they turn aside in heedlessness. 2. Whenever any fresh admonition comes to them from their Lord they barely heed it and remain immersed in play, 3. their hearts being set on other concerns. The wrong-doers whisper to one another: "This person is no more than a mortal like yourselves. Will you, then, be enchanted by sorcery while you see?" 4. He said: "My Lord knows well all that is spoken in the heavens and the earth. He is All-Hearing, All- Knowing." 5. They say: "Nay, these are confused dreams; nay, he has forged it; nay, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign, even as the Messengers of the past were sent with signs." 6. Not one township that We destroyed before them believed. Would they, then, believe? 7. (O Muhammad), even before you We never sent any other than human beings as Messengers, and to them We sent revelation. Ask the People of the Book if you do not know. 8. We did not endow the Messengers with bodies that would need no food; nor were they immortals. 9. Then We fulfilled the promise We had made to them: We rescued them and those whom We wished, and We destroyed those who exceeded all bounds. 10. We have bestowed upon you a Book that mentions you. Do you not understand?

- A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)

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