And they did not endure it, and they recalled the life they used to live in. They were a people of lentils, onions, herbs, and fūm. So they remembered their life from that and said: "O Moses! We can never endure one food, so call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from what the earth grows: its herbs, its cucumbers, its fūm, its lentils, and its onions."
His saying: "He said, 'Would you exchange what is better for what is inferior?'"
617 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid al-Narsi informed us, Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us from Qatadah: "'Would you exchange what is inferior'—that which is worse—'for what is better?'" It was narrated from al-Hasan similarly.
His saying: "Go down to a settlement (misran)"
[The first view]
618 - Al-'Abbas ibn Yazid al-'Abdi narrated to us, Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us from Abu Sa'd al-Baqqal from 'Ikrimah from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Go down to a settlement (misran)," he said: A settlement from among the settlements. It was narrated from al-Suddi, Qatadah, and al-Rabi' ibn Anas similarly.
The second view:
619 - 'Isam ibn Rawwad narrated to us, Adam narrated to us, Abu Ja'far narrated to us from al-Rabi' from Abu al-'Aliyah, he said: He means by it the Egypt (Misr) of Pharaoh.
620 - Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan narrated to us, Ishaq ibn al-Hajjaj narrated to us, Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us from al-Kisa'i from al-A'mash, he said: It is the Egypt (Misr) which Salih ibn 'Ali is over, and he was in charge of it at that time.
His saying: "For you shall have what you have asked for."
621 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr ibn Hammad narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us from al-Suddi: "Go down to a settlement (misran) for you shall have what you have asked for." When they left the wilderness (al-tih), the manna and quails were removed, and they ate the herbs.
[His saying: And humiliation was struck upon them]
[The first view]
622 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, 'Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Asadi narrated to us from 'Ubayd ibn Tufayl al-Tufawi Abu Sidan from al-Dahhak ibn Muzahim from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "And humiliation and misery were struck upon them," he said: They are the people of the qubalat (poll tax), who disbelieved in Allah the Great. Abu Muhammad said: He means by "the people of the qubalat," the people of the jizyah (tribute).
