fulfilled on the children of Israel, because they had been patient; and We destroyed the _structures_ which Pharaoh and his people had built and what they had erected.[285] (vii. 124-133.) We brought the children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his troops pursued them with violence and hostility, until, when drowning overtook him, he said, I believe that there is no deity but He in whom the children of Israel believe, and I am [one] of the Muslims. _But Gabriel thrust into his mouth some of the mire of the sea, lest mercy should be granted him, and said_, Now _thou believest_, and thou hast been rebellious hitherto, and wast [one] of the corrupters. But to-day we will raise thee with thy lifeless body _from the sea_, that thou mayest be a sign unto those [who shall come] after thee. (_It is related, on the authority of Ibn-´Abbás, that some of the children of Israel doubted his death; wherefore he was brought forth to them that they might see him._)[286] But verily many men are heedless of Our signs. (x. 90-92.) And We brought the children of Israel across the sea; and they came unto a people who gave themselves up to _the worship of_ idols belonging to them;[287] [whereupon] they said, O Moses, make for us a god (_an idol for us to worship_), like as they have gods. He replied, Verily ye are a people who are ignorant, _since ye have requited God’s favour towards you with that which ye have said_; for that [religion] in which these are [occupied shall be] destroyed, and vain is that which they do. He said, Shall I seek for you any other deity than God, when He hath preferred you above the peoples _of your time_? (vii. 134-136.) And We caused the thin clouds to shade you _from the heat of the sun in the desert_, and caused the manna and the quails[288] to descend upon you, _and said_, Eat of the good things which We have given you for food, _and store not up.—But they were ungrateful for the benefit, and stored up; wherefore it was cut off from them_. And they injured not Us _thereby_; but they did injure their own souls. (ii. 54.)