Moses said to him: "Do not punish me for what I forgot," meaning: the memory of it has departed from me, "and do not impose difficulty on me in my affair."
Muhammad said: "(Tu-rahiqni) means: do not treat me with severity; that is: treat me with ease, not with hardship."
قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى: ﴿لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا نسيت﴾ يَعْنِي: ذَهَبَ مِنِّي ذِكْرُهُ ﴿وَلا ترهقني من أَمْرِي عسرا﴾.
قَالَ مُحَمَّد: (ترهقني) مَعْنَاهُ: تُعَنِّتْنِي؛ أَيْ: عَامِلْنِي بِالْيُسْرِ لَا بالعسر.