2.61 . And when ye said : O Moses! We are weary of one kind of food ; so call upon thy Lord for us that he bring forth for us of that which the earth groweth of its herbs and its cucumbers and its corn and its lentils and its onions . He said : Would ye exchange that which is higher for that which is lower? Go down to settled country , thus ye shall get that which ye demand . And humiliation and wretchedness were stamped upon them and they were visited with wrath from Allah . That was because they disbelieved in Allah ' s revelations and slew the prophets wrongfully . That was for their disobedience and transgression .

2.62 . Lo! those who believe ( in that which is revealed unto thee , Muhammad ) , and those who are Jews , and Christians , and Sabaeans whoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right surely their reward is with their Lord , and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve .

2.63 . And ( remember , O children of Israel ) when We made a covenant with you and caused the Mount to tower above you , ( saying ) : Hold fast that which We have given you , and remember that which is therein , that ye may ward off ( evil ) .

2.64 . Then , even after that , ye turned away , and if it had not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers .

2.65 . And ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath , bow We said unto them : Be ye apes , despised and hated!

2.66 . And We made it an example to their own and to succeeding generations , and an admonition to the God fearing .

2.67 . And when Moses said unto his people : Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye sacrifice a cow , they said : Dost thou make game of us? He answered : Allah forbid that I should be among the foolish!

2.68 . They said : Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what ( cow ) she is . ( Moses ) answered : Lo! He saith , Verily she is a cow neither with calf nor immature ; ( she is ) between the two conditions ; so do that which ye are commanded .

2.69 . They said : Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us of what color she is . ( Moses ) answered : Lo! He saith : Verily she is a yellow cow . Bright is her color , gladdening beholders .

2.70 . They said : Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what ( cow ) she is . Lo! cows are much alike to us ; and lo! if Allah wills , we may be led aright .

2.71 . ( Moses ) answered : Lo! He saith : Verily she is a cow unyoked ; she plougheth not the soil nor watereth the tilth ; whole and without mark . They said : Now thou bringest the truth . So they sacrificed her , though almost they did not .

2.72 . And ( remember ) when ye slew a man and disagreed concerning it and Allah brought forth that which ye were hiding .

2.73 . And We said : Smite him with some of it . Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand .

2.74 . Then , even after that , your hearts were hardened and became as rocks , or worse than rocks , for hardness . For indeed there are rocks from out which rivers gush , and indeed there are rocks which split asunder so that water Soweth from them . And indeed there are rocks which fall down for the fear of Allah . Allah is not unaware of what ye do .

2.75 . Have ye any hope that they will be true to you when a party of them used to listen to the Word of Allah , then used to change it , after they had understood it knowingly?

2.76 . And when they fall in with those who believe , they say : We believe . But when they go apart one with another they say : Prate ye to them of that which Allah hath disclosed to you that they may contend with you before your Lord concerning it? Have ye then no sense?

2.77 . Are they then unaware that Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and that which they proclaim?

2.78 . Among them are unlettered folk who know the scripture not except from hearsay . They but guess .

2.79 . Therefore woe be unto those who write the Scripture with their hands anthem say , "This is from Allah , " that they may purchase a small gain therewith . Woe unto them for that their hands have written , and woe unto them for that they earn thereby .

2.80 . And they say : The fire ( of punishment ) will not touch save for a certain number of days . Say : Have ye received a covenant from Allah truly Allah will not break His covenant or tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not?