"Then she pointed to him" with her hand. Qatadah said: She commanded them to speak to him. "They said: How shall we speak" — meaning:
﴿فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ﴾ بِيَدِهَا قَالَ قَتَادَةُ: أَمَرَتْهُمْ بِكَلَامِهِ ﴿قَالُوا كَيفَ نُكَلِّم﴾ أَيْ:
