Quran Chapter 2 Al-baqarah Verse 61 Translation by Dr. Shabbir Ahmed M. D.

 Quran Chapter 2 Al-baqarah Verse 61

Translation by Dr. Shabbir Ahmed

M. D.

(At one stage you demanded Moses to provide you with a great variety of edibles,

although you were living in the Sinai desert.) You said, “O Moses! We are weary

of the same kind of food, so ask your Lord on our behalf to bring forth for us

plant food such as herbs, cucumbers, garlic, lentils and onions.” He said, “Would

you exchange something superior for something inferior? (Return to slavery for

petty desires instead of achieving higher goals?) Go back in shame to Egypt and

you will get what you demand.” So, humiliation and misery were stamped upon

them and they had to face God’s requital. That was because they kept rejecting

God’s messages. And they persisted in opposing and even killing some Prophets

against all right. They did all this, because they chose to rebel and went on

transgressing.

وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نَّصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍۢ وَٰحِدٍۢ فَٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنۢ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّآئِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِصْرًۭا فَإِنَّ لَكُم مَّا سَأَلْتُمْ ۗ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ وَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ وَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍۢ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ ٦١