Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 8
Quran 21:8 · The Prophets · Makki · Para 17 · Page 322
وَمَا جَعَلْنٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا یَاْكُلُوْنَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوْا خٰلِدِیْنَ ۟
Transliteration
Wama jaAAalnahum jasadan laya/kuloona attaAAama wama kanookhalideen
Saheeh International
And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
And I did not make the messengers I used to send as bodies which did not eat food. In fact, they used to eat as others eat, and they were not to remain in the world without dying.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 21:7–21:9 together — read it on 21:7