وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰلِدِينَ

Quran 21:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 322 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:8

وَمَاجَعَلْنَٰهُمْجَسَدًالَّايَأْكُلُونَٱلطَّعَامَوَمَاكَانُوا۟خَٰلِدِينَ٨

wamā jaʿalnāhum jasadan lā yakulūna l-ṭaʿāma wamā kānū khālidīna

And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].(8)

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This commentary explains ayahs 21:7–9 together.