And ease for me my task. And untie the knot from my tongue, that they may understand my speech." God did that for him. The knot that was in his tongue was that when he was a child, he reached for Pharaoh’s beard and he intended to kill him, saying, "This is an enemy to me!" His wife said to him, "This is a child who does not understand. If you wish to know that, call for a date and a glowing coal, and present them to him." So a date and a glowing coal were brought, and he presented them to him.
﴿وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً من لساني يفقهوا قولي﴾ فَفَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ ذَلِكَ، وَكَانَتِ الْعُقْدَةُ الَّتِي فِي لِسَانِهِ أَنَّهُ تَنَاوَلَ لِحْيَةَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ فَهَمَّ بِقَتْلِهِ، وَقَالَ: هَذَا عَدُوٌّ لِي! فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ: إِنَّ هَذَا صَغِيرٌ لَا يَعْقِلُ؛ فَإِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَعْلَمَ ذَلِكَ، فَادْعُ بِتَمْرَةٍ وَجَمْرَةٍ، فَاعْرِضْهُمَا عَلَيْهِ، فَأُتِيَ بِتَمْرَةٍ وَجَمْرَةٍ فَعَرَضَهُمَا
