"Shall I guide you to someone who will take care of him?" meaning: who will take him under their care. They said: Yes. So she brought his mother, and he accepted her breast. "And you killed a man," meaning: the Copt whom he had killed by mistake. "And We saved you from distress," Al-Hasan said: meaning, from fear; so the people did not reach you, and We forgave you that sin. "And We tried you with a severe trial," meaning: We tested you with a trial; trial (ibtila') and testing (ikhtibar) carry the same meaning. "And you stayed for years among the people of Midian," he resided in Midian for twenty years. "Then you came here at a predestined time, O Moses," meaning: at a set time, according to the interpretation of Mujahid.
﴿هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى مَنْ يَكْفُلُهُ﴾ أَيْ: يَضُمُّهُ. قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. فَجَاءَتْ بِأُمِّهِ، فَقَبِلَ ثَدْيَهَا. ﴿وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا﴾ يَعْنِي: الْقِبْطِيَّ الَّذِي كَانَ قَتَلَهُ خطأ ﴿فنجيناك من الْغم﴾ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: يَعْنِي: مِنَ الْخَوْفِ؛ فَلَمْ يَصِلْ إِلَيْكَ الْقَوْمُ، وَغَفَرْنَا لَكَ ذَلِكَ الذَّنْبُ ﴿وَفَتَنَّاكَ فُتُونًا﴾ أَيِ: ابْتَلَيْنَاكَ ابْتِلَاءً؛ الِابْتِلَاءُ وَالِاخْتِبَارُ بِمَعْنًى وَاحِدٍ ﴿فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِي أهل مَدين﴾ أَقَامَ بِمَدْيَنَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً ﴿ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَى قَدَرٍ يَا مُوسَى﴾ أَيْ: عَلَى مَوْعِدٍ؛ فِي تَفْسِيرِ مُجَاهِد.
