and when you said o moses we will not put up with one kind of food. so invoke your lord for us so that he may bring forth for us of that which the earth grows—its greens and cucumbers its garlic lentils and onions. he said do you seek to replace what is superior with that which is inferior? go down to any town and you will indeed get what you ask for! so they were struck with abasement and poverty and they earned allahs wrath. that because they would deny the signs of allah and kill the prophets unjustly. that because they would disobey and commit transgressions.
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