The Holy Quran 21:8 — Surah Al-Anbya

Arabic text

وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰلِدِينَ

Translation

We have not made them (the Ambiyaa عليهم الصلاة والسلام) mere bodies who do not eat food and they did not live forever. (Like all human beings, the Ambiyaa عليهم الصلاة والسلام also needed to eat and drink and they also had to die)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, human characteristics were present in them: their bodies were not like those of angels, such that they would never eat food, nor were they gods, such that death and extinction would never come to them and they would live for ever.

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