Tabari (1 passage)

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   Concerning His word وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي ("and loosen a knot from my tongue"): Allah says: Untie my tongue in speaking. There was in his tongue—according to what has been mentioned—a speech impediment as a result of placing the burning coal in his mouth on the day that Pharaoh had wanted to kill him.

   Mention of the narration about this from those who said that: Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr related to me, saying: Abū ʿĀṣim related to us, saying: ʿĪsā related to us, on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr—concerning His word: عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي: he said: "A speech impediment from a burning coal that he put in his mouth at the command of Pharaoh's wife, in order thereby to avert a punishment from Pharaoh, when Mūsā seized him by his beard while he (Mūsā) was not capable of understanding. Pharaoh said: 'This is my enemy.' She said to him: 'He does not understand.'

   Al-Ḥārith related to me, saying: al-Ḥasan related to us, saying: Warqāʾ related to us, on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ—concerning وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي: "from a burning coal that he put in his mouth at the command of Pharaoh's wife, in order thereby to avert a punishment of Pharaoh from him, when Mūsā seized him by his beard while he was not capable of understanding. Pharaoh said: 'This is my enemy.' She said to him: 'He does not understand.' This is the statement of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr."

   Al-Qāsim related to us, saying: al-Ḥusayn related to us, saying: Ḥajjāj related to me, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, on the authority of Mujāhid—concerning His word وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي: he said: "A speech impediment from the burning coal that he put in his mouth, at the command of Pharaoh's wife, in order thereby to avert a punishment of Pharaoh from him, when he seized him by his beard."

   Mūsā related to us, saying: ʿAmr related to us, saying: Asbāṭ related to us, on the authority of al-Suddī: "When the boy began to move—that is, Mūsā—his mother Āsiya brought him as a child, and while she was rocking him and playing with him, she gave him to Pharaoh, and said: 'Take him.' When he took him to himself, Mūsā seized his beard and pulled it, whereupon Pharaoh said: 'Let me fetch the slaughterers.' Āsiya said: لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَى أَنْ يَنْفَعَنَا أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَدًا ('Do not kill him; perhaps he will benefit us, or we will take him as a child')—he is only a child who does not understand, and he did this only out of his childishness. I know that there is no one in Egypt who has more beautiful jewels than I: I will set before him jewels of rubies and set before him burning coals; if he takes the rubies, then he understands—so kill him then; but if he takes the coals, then he is a child.' She brought out her rubies and placed before him a dish with burning coals. Then Jibrāʾīl, peace be upon him, came and threw a burning coal into his hand, and Mūsā threw it into his mouth, whereby his tongue was burned. This is what Allah, the Almighty, the Exalted, says: وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي ✦ يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي ('and loosen a knot from my tongue, that they may understand my words'), and the knot departed from Mūsā thereby."

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   وقوله ( وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي ) يقول: وأطلق لساني بالمنطق، وكانت فيه فيما ذكر عُجمة عن الكلام الذي كان من إلقائه الجمرة إلى فيه يوم همّ فرعون بقتله. * ذكر الرواية بذلك عمن قاله: حدثني محمد بن عمرو، قال: ثنا أبو عاصم، قال: ثنا عيسى، عن ابن أبي نجيح، عن سعيد بن جبير، في قوله: ( عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي ) قال: عجمة لجمرة نار أدخلها في فيه عن أمر امرأة فرعون، تردّ به عنه عقوبة فرعون، حين أخذ موسى بلحيته وهو لا يعقل، فقال: هذا عدو لي، فقالت له. إنه لا يعقل. حدثني الحارث، قال: ثنا الحسن، قال: ثنا ورقاء، عن ابن أبي نجيح ( وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي ) لجمرة نار أدخلها في فيه عن أمر امرأة فرعون، تدرأ به عنه عقوبة فرعون، حين أخذ موسى بلحيته وهو لا يعقل، فقال: هذا عدوّ لي، فقالت له: إنه لا يعقل، هذا قول سعيد بن جبير. حدثنا القاسم، قال: ثنا الحسين، قال: ثني حجاج، عن ابن جريج، عن مجاهد، قوله ( وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي ) قال: عجمة الجمرة نار أدخلها في فيه، عن أمر امرأة فرعون تردّ به عنه عقوبة فرعون حين أخذ بلحيته. حدثنا موسى، قال: ثنا عمرو، قال: ثنا أسباط، عن السديّ، قال: لما تحرّك الغلام، يعني موسى، أورته أمه آسية صبيا، فبينما هي ترقصه وتلعب به، إذ ناولته فرعون، وقالت: خذه، فلما أخذه إليه أخذ موسى بلحيته فنتفها، فقال فرعون: عليّ بالذباحين، قالت آسية: لا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَى أَنْ يَنْفَعَنَا أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَدًا إنما هو صبيّ لا يعقل، وإنما صنع هذا من صباه، وقد علمت أنه ليس في أهل مصر أحلى منى أنا أضع له حليا من الياقوت، وأضع له جمرا، فإن أخذ الياقوت فهو يعقل فاذبحه، وإن أخذ الجمر فإنه هو صبيّ، فأخرجت له ياقوتها ووضعت له طستا من جمر، فجاء جبرائيل صلى الله عليه وسلم، فطرح في يده جمرة، فطرحها موسى في فيه، فأحرقت لسانه، فهو الذي يقول الله عز وجل (وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي * يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي) ، فزالت (14) عن موسى من أجل ذلك. -------------------- الهوامش : (14) في النسخة رقم 100 دار الكتب المصرية : فتراللت ، ولعله : فزالت ، أي العقدة .