when you said moses we cannot bear to eat only one kind of food so pray to your lord to bring forth for us some of the earths produce its herbs and cucumbers its garlic lentils and onions. moses said would you take a lesser thing in exchange for what is better? go to some town and there you will find all that you demand. abasement and destitution were stamped upon them and they incurred the wrath of god for having rejected his signs and they killed his prophets unjustly because they were rebels and transgressors.
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