389. The nomad community of Prophet Musa.

In verse (2:61) of the Quran we find the phrase ‘Go into a settlement’ (make a settlement as a place to live for you to live). Here the phrase asking people to choose a place to live may look strange because usually people lived in settlements those days, but there are reasons for it.

The community of Prophet Musa never settled permanently and kept on moving from place to place, and this was a reason the Almighty sent down food from heaven.

But when they demanded food grown on earth, the Almighty commanded them to be settled in a place and start practicing agriculture. This is the message (Go into a settlement) conveyed in verse 2:61 of the Quran