وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰلِدِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அன்றியும் நாம் அவர்களுக்கு உணவு அருந்தாத உடலை அமைக்கவில்லை மேலும், (பூமியில்) நிரந்தரமானவர்களாகவும் அவர்களிருக்கவில்லை.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද ආහාර අනුභව නො කරන ශරීරයක් බවට අපි ඔවුන් පත් නො කළෙමු. තවද ඔවුහු සදාතනිකයින් නො වූහ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ہم نے ان کے ایسے جسم نہیں بنائے تھے کہ وه کھانا نہ کھائیں اور نہ وه ہمیشہ رہنے والے تھے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- われはかれら（使徒たち）に，食物をとらないような体は授けなかった。またかれらは永久に生きる訳でもなかった。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我没有把他们造成不吃饭的肉身，他们也不是长生不老的。
Tafsir of 21:8
The Messengers are no more than Human Beings Here Allah refutes those who denied that human Messengers could be sent: وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلاَّ رِجَالاً نُّوحِى إِلَيْهِمْ (And We sent not before you but men to whom We revealed.) meaning, all the Messengers who came before you were men, human beings. There were no angels among them. This is like the Ayat: وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلاَّ رِجَالاً نُّوحِى إِلَيْهِمْ مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْقُرَى (And We sent not before you any but men unto whom We revealed, from among the people of townships) 12:109 قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعاً مِّنَ الرُّسُلِ (Say: "I am not a new thing among the Messengers...) 46:9 Allah tells us that the previous nations denied that and said: أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا ("Shall mere men guide us") 64:6. So Allah says here: فَاسْأَلُواْ أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنْتُم لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ (So ask the people of the Reminder if you do not know.) meaning, ask the people of knowledge among the nations such as the Jews and Christians and other groups: `were the Messengers who came to you human beings or angels' Indeed they were human beings.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
