Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 61
وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نَّصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍ وَٰحِدٍ فَٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنۢ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّآئِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِصْرًا فَإِنَّ لَكُم مَّا سَأَلْتُمْ ۗ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ وَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ وَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ
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.
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- قُلْتُمْqul'tumyou said
- يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Musa
- لَنlanNever (will)
- نَّصْبِرَnaṣbirawe endure
- عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
- طَعَامٍۢṭaʿāminfood
- وَٰحِدٍۢwāḥidin(of) one (kind)
- فَٱدْعُfa-ud'ʿuso pray
- لَنَاlanāfor us
- رَبَّكَrabbaka(to) your Lord
- يُخْرِجْyukh'rijto bring forth
- لَنَاlanāfor us
- مِمَّاmimmāout of what
- تُنۢبِتُtunbitugrows
- ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
- مِنۢminof
- بَقْلِهَاbaqlihāits herbs
- وَقِثَّآئِهَاwaqithāihā[and] its cucumbers
- وَفُومِهَاwafūmihā[and] its garlic
- وَعَدَسِهَاwaʿadasihā[and] its lentils
- وَبَصَلِهَا ۖwabaṣalihāand its onions
- قَالَqālaHe said
- أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَatastabdilūnaWould you exchange
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
- هُوَhuwa[it]
- أَدْنَىٰadnā(is) inferior
- بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīfor that which
- هُوَhuwa[it]
- خَيْرٌ ۚkhayrun(is) better
- ٱهْبِطُوا۟ih'biṭūGo down
- مِصْرًۭاmiṣ'ran(to) a city
- فَإِنَّfa-innaso indeed
- لَكُمlakumfor you
- مَّاmā(is) what
- سَأَلْتُمْ ۗsa-altumyou have asked (for)
- وَضُرِبَتْwaḍuribatAnd were struck
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuon them
- ٱلذِّلَّةُl-dhilatuthe humiliation
- وَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُwal-maskanatuand the misery
- وَبَآءُوwabāūand they drew on themselves
- بِغَضَبٍۢbighaḍabinwrath
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahiAllah
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (was)
- بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
- كَانُوا۟kānūused to
- يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnadisbelieve
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) Signs
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūnaand kill
- ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīnathe Prophets
- بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout (any)
- ٱلْحَقِّ ۗl-ḥaqi[the] right
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- بِمَاbimā(was) because
- عَصَوا۟ʿaṣawthey disobeyed
- وَّكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
- يَعْتَدُونَyaʿtadūnatransgressing
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