The Holy Quran 25:20 — Surah Al-Furqan

Arabic text

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۗ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا

Translation

All the Ambiyaa that We sent before you (O Muhammad ﷺ) used to eat food and walk in the marketplaces (because they too were humans, which is perfectly in order). (Therefore, do not worry about the persistent taunts of the Kuffaar because) We have made some of you as trials (tests) for others (to see whether you will exercise patience or not). Will you then exercise patience (to pass this test)? Your Rabb is Ever Watchful (so beware of what you do and know that He will reward every good deed that you do).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

All the prophets were human: this is the answer to [the disbelievers' words] مَالِهٰذَا الرَّسُوْلِ یَاْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ (“What is the matter with this messenger, that he eats food…”), etc. That is, all the prophets who came into the world before you were human beings: like human beings they ate and drank and also went to the market for the needs of their…

Preview. The full text opens with JavaScript enabled.