When something good came their way, they said, "This is ours." And when something bad happened to them, they ascribed the evil omen to Moses and those with him. In fact, their omen is with Allah, but most of them do not know.
And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us, to bewitch us with, we will not believe in you."
So We let loose upon them the flood, and the locusts, and the lice, and the frogs, and blood—all explicit signs—but they were too arrogant. They were a sinful people.
Whenever a plague befell them, they would say, "O Moses, pray to your Lord for us, according to the covenant He made with you. If you lift the plague from us, we will believe in you, and let the Children of Israel go with you."
But when We lifted the plague from them, for a term they were to fulfill, they broke their promise.
So We took vengeance on them, and drowned them in the sea—because they rejected Our signs, and paid no heed to them.
And We made the oppressed people inherit the eastern and western parts of the land, which We had blessed. Thus the fair promise of your Lord to the Children of Israel was fulfilled, because of their endurance. And We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people had built, and what they had harvested.
And We delivered the Children of Israel across the sea. And when they came upon a people who were devoted to some statues of theirs, they said, "O Moses, make for us a god, as they have gods." He said, "You are truly an ignorant people."
"What these people are concerned with is perdition, and their deeds are based on falsehoods."
He said, "Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah, when He has favored you over all other people?"
