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Surah Al-Baqarah
Verse 61

وَإِذْ And when قُلْتُمْ you said يَـٰمُوسَىٰ O Musa لَن Never (will) نَّصْبِرَ we endure عَلَىٰ [on] طَعَامٍۢ food وَٰحِدٍۢ (of) one (kind) فَٱدْعُ so pray لَنَا for us رَبَّكَ (to) your Lord يُخْرِجْ to bring forth لَنَا for us مِمَّا out of what تُنۢبِتُ grows ٱلْأَرْضُ the earth مِنۢ of بَقْلِهَا its herbs وَقِثَّآئِهَا [and] its cucumbers وَفُومِهَا [and] its garlic وَعَدَسِهَا [and] its lentils وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ and its onions قَالَ He said أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ Would you exchange ٱلَّذِى that which هُوَ [it] أَدْنَىٰ (is) inferior بِٱلَّذِى for that which هُوَ [it] خَيْرٌ ۚ (is) better ٱهْبِطُوا۟ Go down مِصْرًۭا (to) a city فَإِنَّ so indeed لَكُم for you مَّا (is) what سَأَلْتُمْ ۗ you have asked (for) وَضُرِبَتْ And were struck عَلَيْهِمُ on them ٱلذِّلَّةُ the humiliation وَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ and the misery وَبَآءُو and they drew on themselves بِغَضَبٍۢ wrath مِّنَ of ٱللَّهِ ۗ Allah ذَٰلِكَ That (was) بِأَنَّهُمْ because they كَانُوا۟ used to يَكْفُرُونَ disbelieve بِـَٔايَـٰتِ in (the) Signs ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَيَقْتُلُونَ and kill ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ the Prophets بِغَيْرِ without (any) ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ [the] right ذَٰلِكَ That بِمَا (was) because عَصَوا۟ they disobeyed وَّكَانُوا۟ and they were يَعْتَدُونَ transgressing ٦١

And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allāh [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allāh and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.

— Come To Light

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