Al-Anbya Verse 8

We did not give those messengers ˹supernatural˺ bodies that did not need food, nor were they immortal.

We did not give them bodies that needed no food, nor were they immortal.

nor did We fashion them as bodies that ate not food, neither were they immortal;

We did not give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal.

And We made them not bodies not eating food; nor were they to be abiders.

Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from death.

We did not endow the Messengers with bodies that would need no food; nor were they immortals.

We did not make their bodies immune to hunger, nor were they immortal.

And We did not create them without bodies so they would not eat food – nor that they abide on earth forever.

We did not make them bodies that did not eat food, nor were they immortal.

Nor did We make them bodies not needing food so that they would not eat like others, nor were they immortals.

Nor did We give them such bodies as could go without food, neither were they people given unusually long lives (to enjoy).

And We did not make/create them a body, they do not eat the food, and they were not immortal/eternal .

And We did not create them without bodies so they would not eat food - nor that they abide on earth forever.

Nor did We send before them any but men whom We inspired? Ask you the people of the Scriptures if you do not know.

And We did not create them (the Messengers, with) bodies that ate not food, nor were they immortals,

And We sent not before thee any but men to whom We sent revelation; so ask the followers of the Reminder if you know not.

And We did not make them bodies not eating the food, and they were not to abide (forever).

We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals.

We had not made them such bodies that would not eat any food nor were they immortal.

Nor did We make them bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal.

And We did not place them in bodies that did not eat food, nor were they immortals.

We did not give them bodies that needed no food, nor were they to live forever.

We did not make them mere bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal.

And We did not make them, namely, the messengers, bodies that did not eat food, nay, they eat it; and they were not immortal, in this world.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَاهُمْ جَسَدًا لاَّ يَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ

And We did not place them in bodies that did not eat food...

meaning, rather they had bodies that ate food, as Allah says;

وَمَأ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلاَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى الاٌّسْوَاقِ

And We never sent before you any of the Messengers but verily, they ate food and walked in the markets. (25;20)

meaning, they were human beings who ate and drank like all other people, and they went to the marketplaces to earn a living and engage in business; that did not affect them adversely or reduce their status in any way, as the idolators imagined.

مَا لِهَـذَا الرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى الاٌّسْوَاقِ لَوْلا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُ نَذِير

اًأَوْ يُلْقَى إِلَيْهِ كَنْزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا

And they say;"Why does this Messenger eat food, and walk about in the markets. Why is not an angel sent down to him to be a warner with him Or (why) has not a treasure been granted to him, or why has he not a garden whereof he may eat!" (25;7-8)

وَمَا كَانُوا خَالِدِينَ



nor were they immortals.

meaning, in this world; on the contrary, they lived, then they died.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ الْخُلْدَ

And We granted not to any human being immortality before you. (21;34)

But what distinguished them from others was that they received revelation from Allah, and the angels brought down to them from Allah His rulings concerning His creation, what He commanded and what He prohibited