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Herbs and vegetables

البقول والفوم

Israel said to Moses: we cannot endure one food — call on your Lord to bring forth for us what the earth grows of herbs, cucumbers, garlic, lentils and onions; 'Would you exchange what is lower for what is better?'

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 2:61
Related to
Musa

People and things also explored

Rivers and springs· The shadow· al-Mujib — The Answerer· The cow of Baqarah· Fire· The fish of al-Khidr· The Samiri's calf· Moses' serpent

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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Rivers and springs

Rivers and springs run beneath the Garden and out of the rock of the earth — twelve springs gushed for Israel from the stone — and the Garden's likeness is rivers of water unstaling, rivers of milk, rivers of wine and rivers of honey.