He said to Musa, peace be upon him, in amazement: "Did you see what has happened to me? When we took refuge at the rock that is at the junction of the two seas, I forgot the fish; I forgot to mention to you its matter that was there. Then he increased the amazement of this forgetfulness by the interruption between the general report of it and the detail of its matter, and by the occurrence of forgetfulness upon him, then upon mentioning it. So Allah, glorified and exalted is He, said: "And none made me forget it except the devil with his whispers."

And since the situation is for training in the great management of Allah, glorified and exalted is He, in affirming knowledge and denying it, even if it is necessary, he mentioned his forgetfulness. Then he replaced his pronoun with His saying, glorified and exalted is He: "To mention it to you." For it lived and flowed from the basket into the sea, and it took its path, meaning its way in the sea in a wondrous manner. And mentioning it now prevents the devil from having any authority over him, as this forgetfulness does not nullify obedience; rather, it contains an elevation for both of them in the ranks of high stations for experiencing hardship after the place where there is desire, and the preservation of water flowing over a long time and other signs of certainty. And His saying, glorified and exalted is He: "His authority is only over those who take him as an ally" [An-Nahl: 100] clarifies that the authority is the incitement to sins. And in this story, there were extraordinary events of the life of the fish and the finding of what was eaten from it, and the holding back of water from its entrance. And it has happened to our Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him and his family, or his followers by his blessing, similar to that.

As for the returning of what was eaten from the grilled fish - which is its side - Al-Bayhaqi narrated in the end of the proofs of Prophethood from Usama ibn Zaid, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: "We went out with the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him and his family, to the pilgrimage which he performed until when we were at the bottom of Al-Rawha, he mentioned the story of the woman whom the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him and his family, healed her son from madness until he said: When the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him and his family, completed his pilgrimage, he turned back until when he descended at the bottom of Al-Rawha, that woman came to him with a sheep that she had grilled. He ordered that sheep to be taken from her, then he said: "O Usaym!" - and he would call him with affection! - "Hand me a foreleg." And the foreleg was the part of the sheep that the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him and his family, loved most. Then he said: "O Usaym! Hand me a foreleg!" So I handed it to him. Then he said: "O Usaym! Hand me a foreleg!" I said: "O Messenger of Allah! They are only two forelegs and I have handed you one." He said: "By Him in whose hand is my soul, if you had remained silent, Allah would have created for her a foreleg, then a foreleg, and so on." And his saying is the truth which has no difference between it - and it is in the unseen world - and between what exists in the world of testimony.

As for the life of the grilled fish, it has been mentioned in the verse ﴿And Allah will protect you from the people﴾ [Al-Ma'idah: 67] that there is something greater than that in the story of the poisoned grilled sheep. It is that its foreleg informed the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, [that it was poisoned] - this is greater than the return of life without speech. Likewise, the weeping of the trunk, the greeting of the stone, the glorification of the pebbles, the affirmation of the door's hinge, and the walls of the house, and similar things are greater than the return of life to what was once alive. Al-Bayhaqi narrated in Al-Dala'il from Amr ibn Sawad who said: Al-Shafi'i said to me: Allah has not given a prophet what He has given to Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him. I said: Did He not give Jesus, peace be upon him, the ability to bring the dead to life? He said: Allah gave Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him, the trunk - which used to lean beside him until the pulpit was prepared for him. When the pulpit was prepared for him, the trunk wept until its sound was heard - this is greater than that. This has been previously mentioned in the family of Imran and at the end of Al-Baqarah in the story of Ibrahim, peace be upon him, regarding some matters of bringing the dead to life for him, blessings and peace be upon him, and for some of his nation.

As for the verse about water, its reference is to its solidity. There is no difference between its stagnation due to the lack of joining after the breach and between its stagnation and solidity due to the prevention of breaching. Al-Bayhaqi narrated regarding this what contains a verse about revival with a chain that is disconnected from Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: "We were in the Suffa with the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, when a woman came to him, a migrant, and she had a son who had reached maturity. He added the woman to the women and her son to us. It was not long before he was struck by the plague of the city, and he fell ill for several days, then he passed away. The Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, closed his eyes and ordered for his preparation. When we wanted to wash him, he said: 'Go to his mother and inform her.' So she came until she sat at his feet and took hold of them. Then she said: 'O Allah, I have submitted to You willingly, and I have removed the idols out of detachment, and I have migrated to You out of desire. O Allah, do not let the idolaters rejoice over me, and do not burden me with this calamity more than I can bear.' He said: 'By Allah, her words had not concluded until he moved his feet and uncovered his face. He lived until Allah took the Messenger, blessings and peace be upon him, and until his mother passed away. Then Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, prepared an army and appointed Al-Ala ibn al-Hadrami over it. He said: 'I was in his expedition, and we came to our campaign and found the people had taken cover from us. They had concealed the traces of water. He said: 'It was a severe heat, and we were greatly distressed by thirst and our animals. That was on the day of Friday. When the sun inclined towards its setting, he led us in two rak'ahs, then he extended his hand while we saw nothing in the sky. By Allah, he did not place his hand down until Allah sent a wind and caused clouds to form, and it poured until it filled the troughs and valleys. We drank and watered our animals, then we came to our enemy, who had crossed a creek in the sea to an island. He stood by the creek and said: 'O Ali, O Great, O Forbearing, O Generous!' Then he said: 'Proceed in the name of Allah!' So we proceeded until the water reached the hooves of our animals. We attacked the enemy unexpectedly, killing and capturing and taking captives. Then we came to the creek, and he said something similar, and we proceeded until the water reached the hooves of our animals." Abu al-Husayn ibn Bishran informed us that Ismail al-Saffar narrated to us from Hasan ibn Ali ibn Affan that Ibn Numayr narrated from Al-Amash from some of his companions, who said: "We reached the Tigris, which was flowing, and the Persians were behind it. A man from the Muslims said: 'In the name of Allah,' then he urged his horse and charged into the water. The people said: 'In the name of Allah, in the name of Allah,' then they charged in and rose upon the water. When the Persians saw them, they said: 'Dewan, Dewan,' then they fled in disarray, and they lost nothing except a cup that was hanging from the saddle's bridle. When they emerged, they found the spoils and divided them." Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami informed us that Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Simithi narrated to us that Abu al-Abbas al-Saraj narrated to us that al-Fadl ibn Sahl and Harun ibn Abdullah said: "Sulaiman ibn al-Mughira narrated that Abu Muslim al-Khawlani came to the Tigris, which was throwing out wood from its flow. He walked on the water and turned to his companions and said: 'Do you miss anything from your belongings? Let us call upon Allah.' Al-Bayhaqi said: 'This chain is authentic.'