and recall what time ye said o musa! we shall by no means bear patiently with one food wherefore supplicate for us unto thy lord that he bring forth for us of that which the earth groweth of its vegetables and its cucumbers and its wheat and its lentils and its onions. he said would ye take in exchange that which is mean for that which is better! get ye down into a city as verily therein is for you that which ye ask for. and stuck upon them were abjection and poverty. and they drew on themselves indignation from allah. this because they were ever disbelieving in the signs of allah and slaying the prophets without justice. this because they disobeyed and were ever trespassing.
وإذ قلتم يا موسى لن نصبر على طعام واحد فادع لنا ربك يخرج لنا مما تنبت الأرض من بقلها وقثائها وفومها وعدسها وبصلها قال أتستبدلون الذي هو أدنى بالذي هو خير اهبطوا مصرا فإن لكم ما سألتم وضربت عليهم الذلة والمسكنة وباءوا بغضب من الله ذلك بأنهم كانوا يكفرون بآيات الله ويقتلون النبيين بغير الحق ذلك بما عصوا وكانوا يعتدون