And when you said: O Musa! we cannot bear with one food, therefore pray Lord on our behalf to bring forth for us out of what the earth grows, of its herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions. He said: Will you exchange that which is better for that which is worse? Enter a city, so you will have what you ask for. And abasement and humiliation were brought down upon them, and they became deserving of Allah's wrath; this was so because they disbelieved in the communications of Allah and killed the prophets unjustly; this was so because they disobeyed and exceeded the limits.
و آنگاه را كه گفتيد: اى موسى، ما بر يك نوع طعام نتوانيم ساخت، از پروردگارت بخواه تا براى ما از آنچه از زمين مى‌رويد چون سبزى و خيار و سير و عدس و پياز بروياند. موسى گفت: آيا مى‌خواهيد آنچه را كه برتر است به آنچه فروتر است بدل كنيد؟ به شهرى باز گرديد كه در آنجا هر چه خواهيد به شما بدهند. مقرر شد بر آنها خوارى و بيچارگى و با خشم خدا قرين شدند. و اين بدان سبب بود كه به آيات خدا كافر شدند و پيامبران را به ناحق كشتند و نافرمانى كردند و تجاوز ورزيدند.