وَإِذۡ

قُلۡتُمۡ

يَٰمُوسَىٰ

لَن

نَّصۡبِرَ

عَلَىٰ

طَعَامٖ

وَٰحِدٖ

فَٱدۡعُ

لَنَا

رَبَّكَ

يُخۡرِجۡ

لَنَا

مِمَّا

تُنۢبِتُ

ٱلۡأَرۡضُ

مِنۢ

بَقۡلِهَا

وَقِثَّآئِهَا

وَفُومِهَا

وَعَدَسِهَا

وَبَصَلِهَاۖ

قَالَ

أَتَسۡتَبۡدِلُونَ

ٱلَّذِي

هُوَ

أَدۡنَىٰ

بِٱلَّذِي

هُوَ

خَيۡرٌۚ

ٱهۡبِطُواْ

مِصۡرٗا

فَإِنَّ

لَكُم

مَّا

سَأَلۡتُمۡۗ

وَضُرِبَتۡ

عَلَيۡهِمُ

ٱلذِّلَّةُ

وَٱلۡمَسۡكَنَةُ

وَبَآءُو

بِغَضَبٖ

مِّنَ

ٱللَّهِۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

بِأَنَّهُمۡ

كَانُواْ

يَكۡفُرُونَ

بِـَٔايَٰتِ

ٱللَّهِ

وَيَقۡتُلُونَ

ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ

بِغَيۡرِ

ٱلۡحَقِّۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

بِمَا

عَصَواْ

وَّكَانُواْ

يَعۡتَدُونَ

٦١

And ˹remember˺ when you said, “O Moses! We cannot endure the same meal ˹every day˺. So ˹just˺ call upon your Lord on our behalf, He will bring forth for us some of what the earth produces of herbs, cucumbers, garlic, lentils, and onions.” Moses scolded ˹them˺, “Do you exchange what is better for what is worse? ˹You can˺ go down to any village and you will find what you have asked for.” They were stricken with disgrace and misery, and they invited the displeasure of Allah for rejecting Allah’s signs and unjustly killing the prophets. This is ˹a fair reward˺ for their disobedience and violations.

Indeed, the believers, Jews, Christians, and Sabians¹—whoever ˹truly˺ believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good will have their reward with their Lord. And there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve.² 

And ˹remember˺ when We took a covenant from you and raised the mountain above you ˹saying˺, “Hold firmly to that ˹Scripture˺ which We have given you and observe its teachings so perhaps you will become mindful ˹of Allah˺.”

Yet you turned away afterwards. Had it not been for Allah’s grace and mercy upon you, you would have certainly been of the losers.

You are already aware of those of you who broke the Sabbath. We said to them, “Be disgraced apes!”¹

So We made their fate an example to present and future generations, and a lesson to the God-fearing.

And ˹remember˺ when Moses said to his people, “Allah commands you to sacrifice a cow.”¹ They replied, “Are you mocking us?” Moses responded, “I seek refuge in Allah from acting foolishly!”

They said, “Call upon your Lord to clarify for us what type ˹of cow˺ it should be!” He replied, “Allah says, ‘The cow should neither be old nor young but in between. So do as you are commanded!’”

They said, “Call upon your Lord to specify for us its colour.” He replied, “Allah says, ‘It should be a bright yellow cow—pleasant to see.’”

Again they said, “Call upon your Lord so that He may make clear to us which cow, for all cows look the same to us. Then, Allah willing, we will be guided ˹to the right one˺.”