What Did Jews Do Wrong By Asking Moses For Onion And Garlic And Specifics Of Cow
The issue highlighted in Quran verse 2:61 regarding the Jews asking for a variety in their food is about not appreciating the situation. There’s no harm in asking God for anything that one likes, however, everything has a proper time and place. Had they been appreciative of the freedom that God had granted them, along with the ease that right in the middle of a desert they were given food without any effort, they would have been deeply thankful to God. Instead they chose to be ungrateful. From the incident of the cow in Quran verses 2:67-71 , it’s clear that they did not really intend to obey God’s command of sacrificing the cow, and therefore kept on asking for more and more details. Both of these incidents actually show that they had not truly believed.