We said: ‘Eat and drink of that which God has provided and do not foul the land with evil.’ ‘Moses,’ you¹ said, ‘we will no longer put up with this monotonous diet. Call on your Lord to give us some of the varied produce of the earth, green herbs and cucumbers, corn and lentils and onions.’² ‘What!’ he answered. ‘Would you exchange that which is good for what is worse? Go back to some city. There you will find all you have asked for.’ Shame and misery were stamped upon them and they incurred the wrath of God; because they disbelieved God’s signs and slew the prophets unjustly; because they were rebels and transgressors.