And mention when We sent down upon you sweet food and delicious birds, but you were ungrateful for the blessing as is your habit, and distress and boredom afflicted you, so you said: "O Moses, we will not endure one constant food that does not change with the days, so call upon your Lord for us to bring forth for us from the plants of the earth food from the herbs, vegetables, cucumbers, the grains that are eaten, lentils, and onions." Moses said-rebuking them-: "Do you ask for these foods which are of lesser value, and leave this beneficial provision which Allah chose for you? Go down from this desert to any city, and you will find what you desired in abundance in the fields and markets." And when they went down, it became clear to them that they put their choice-in every situation-above Allah's choice, and they preferred their desires over what Allah chose for them; therefore, the quality of humiliation and poverty of the souls adhered to them, and they departed and returned with anger from Allah; because of their turning away from the religion of Allah, and because they used to disbelieve in the verses of Allah and kill the prophets in injustice and aggression; and that was because of their disobedience and their exceeding the limits of their Lord.