Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:8

21:8

وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰلِدِينَ

wamā jaʿalnāhum jasadan lā yakulūna l-ṭaʿāma wamā kānū khālidīna

And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْjaʿalnāhumWe made them
جَسَدًۭاjasadanbodies
لَّاlānot
يَأْكُلُونَyakulūnaeating
ٱلطَّعَامَl-ṭaʿāmathe food
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnaimmortals