Quran 21:8 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We did not give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَاهُمْ جَسَدًا لَا يَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا خَالِدِينَ
wamā jaʿalnāhum jasadan lā yakulūna l-ṭaʿāma wamā kānū khālidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- nor did We fashion them as bodies that ate not food, neither were they immortal;
- Muhammad Asad
- and neither did We endow them with bodies that could dispense with food nor were they immortal.
- Sahih International
- And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْjaʿalnāhum | We made them | جعل |
| 3 | جَسَدًۭاjasadan | bodies | جسد |
| 4 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 5 | يَأْكُلُونَyakulūna | eating | أكل |
| 6 | ٱلطَّعَامَl-ṭaʿāma | the food | طعم |
| 7 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 8 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 9 | خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna | immortals | خلد |