Surah 21. Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 8
| وَمَا جَعَلْنَاهُمْ جَسَدًا لَا يَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا خَالِدِينَ |
| Asad | : | and neither did We endow them with bodies that could dispense with food,10 nor were they immortal. |
| Malik | : | We did not give them bodies which could survive without food, nor were they immortal. |
| Pickthall | : | We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food nor were they exempt from death. 2671 |
| Transliteration | : | Wama jaAAalnahum jasadan la yakuloona alttaAAama wama kanoo khalideena |
Note - 10Lit., "neither did We fashion them [i.e., those apostles]
as bodies that ate no food", implying a denial of any
supernatural quality in the prophets entrusted with God's
message (cf. 5:75, 13:38 and 25:20, as well as the
corresponding notes). The above is an answer to the
unbelievers' objection to Muhammad's prophethood
expressed in verse {3} of this surah.
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Note - 2671As men they were subject to all the laws governing the
physical bodies of men. They ate and drank, and their
bodies perished in death.
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Lit., "neither did We fashion them [i.e., those apostles] as bodies that ate no food", implying a denial of any supernatural quality in the prophets entrusted with God's message (cf. 5:75, 13:38 and 25:20, as well as the corresponding notes). The above is an answer to the unbelievers' objection to Muhammad's prophethood expressed in verse {3} of this surah. |
