remember you grumbled o moses we cannot endure one and the same sort of food. pray your lord to bring for us the products of the earth green herbs vegetables corn garlic onions pulses and the like. moses replied what! would you exchange that which is meaner for that which is nobler? well go and live in a town and you will get there what you demand. by and by they became so degraded that disgrace and humiliation misery and wretchedness were stamped upon them and they incurred allahs wrath. that was because they began to reject the revelations of allah and kill his messengers without any just cause that was the consequence of their disobedience and their persistent transgression against the law.
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