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Meccan · Surah 21 of 114

Al-Anbiyaa 21:8

The Prophets · ayah 8 of 112

وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ جَسَدًۭا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰلِدِينَ

Wama jaAAalnahum jasadan laya/kuloona attaAAama wama kanookhalideen

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

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

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

Pickthall (classic)+

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

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

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

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