8 Preface وَما جَعَلناهُم جَسَدًا لا يَأكُلونَ الطَّعامَ وَما كانوا خالِدينَYusuf AliNor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from death.1As men they were subject to the laws governing the physical bodies of men. They ate and drank, and their bodies perished in death (Cf. 7:148 and 25:7).