The Prophets
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[21:8]
and neither did We endow them with bodies that could dispense with food, nor were they immortal.

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* v.8 : Lit., “neither did We fashion them [i.e., those apostles] as bodies that ate no food,” implying a denial of any supernatural quality in the prophets entrusted with God’s message (cf. 5:75, 13:38, and 25:20, as well as the corresponding notes). The above is an answer to the unbelievers’ objection to Muhammad’s prophethood expressed in verse 3 of this sūrah.