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Al-Qalam

21:8

Al-Anbya 8

Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء), verse 8 — reference 21:8. Arabic text with optional translation and free audio on Al-Qalam.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰلِدِينَ

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].