In some places, that was how things were in those days. Of course, we had to work hard secularly to support our pioneering.
وَأَعْطَتْنَا هٰذِهِ ٱلْعَائِلَةُ وَجْبَةً مُعَلَّبَةً وَاحِدَةً نَأْكُلُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ نُغَادِرَ .‏