Al-Baqarah (The Cow)
Surah 2 · Verse 57
And We provided shade over you (through) the clouds and sent down manna and quails {8} over you, “Eat of the good things which We have provided for you.” And they did not harm Us but they were unjust to themselves.
When they were asked to enter Palestine, the land promised to them, and to pray for the removal of their burdens and forgiveness, they changed the words. Summarily they
1) did not believe in the signs of Allah (SWT),
2) killed the Prophets unjustly,
3) disobeyed Allah (SWT) and His messenger,
4) exceeded the limits
5) were ungrateful,
6) were discontent
7) were unjust
8) were transgressors and
9) were corrupt. They thus became deserving of the anger of Allah (SWT), due to which disgrace and wretchedness were made to strike them, this being their punishment in the life of this World.”
Found in Sinai region, is a gummy saccharine secretion found on a species of Tamarisk. The amount necessary for one man was 2 ½ quarts. Nearly 2 litres by volume. Quails are birds called salwa by the Arabs. It is said that they are eaten whole. They were brought from Yemen by a south wind in great numbers to the Israel camp in the desert.



