and when you said o moses indeed we cannot endure but one kind of food pray then to thy sustainer that he bring forth for us aught of what grows from the earth of its herbs its cucumbers its garlic its lentils its onions. said would you take a lesser thing in exchange for what is better? go back in shame to egypt and then you can have what you are asking for! and so ignominy and humiliation overshadowed them and they earned the burden of gods condemnation all this because they persisted in denying the truth of gods messages and in slaying the prophets against all right all this because they rebelled and persisted in transgressing the bounds of what is right.
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