Sura 21 Al-Anbiya (The Prophets), ayah 8
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وَمَا جَعَلْنَاهُمْ جَسَدًا لَا يَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا خَالِدِينَ
Translation by words
- وَمَا
- And not
- جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ
- We made them
- جَسَدًا
- bodies
- لَّا
- not
- يَأْكُلُونَ
- eating
- ٱلطَّعَامَ
- the food,
- وَمَا
- and not
- كَانُوا۟
- they were
- خَٰلِدِينَ
- immortals.
And We did not make the prophets forms not eating food, nor were they immortal (on earth).
21:8
Translation: Saheeh International