Then, glorified and exalted is He, presented the story in a manner of resumption, as if responding to a question from a questioner about every word that guides to what preceded it. This is because it is known that when a seeker meets a person, he speaks to him. However, the exact nature of that speech is not known. So he said to him, as if he were asking about that: ﴿Moses said to him﴾, seeking from him in a manner of politeness and gentleness by expressing that in the form of permission: ﴿May I follow you﴾, meaning following in a profound way wherever you go. And following is coming to do like the action of another merely because he is coming with it. He clarified that he does not seek from him anything other than knowledge by saying: ﴿On the condition that you teach me﴾. He further increased in gentleness by indicating that he does not seek everything that he has, so that time would be prolonged for him, but rather some of it from which he seeks guidance to the rest. So he said: ﴿Of what you have been taught﴾. He based it for the sake of the addressed, as they are among the chosen ones, indicating that the doer is Allah, glorified and exalted is He, and to indicate the ease of every matter for Allah, the Almighty. ﴿Guidance﴾, meaning knowledge that guides me to the truth in what I intend. And there is no deficiency in the learning of a prophet from another prophet, until it is claimed that this Moses is not Moses, son of Imran, peace be upon him, for it has been established that he is the son of Imran in the authentic narrations. And he, blessings and peace be upon him and his family, in his questioning of him, brought forth these types of manners and conveyed humility for what he possesses of steadfastness in knowledge. For every person whose grasp of knowledge is greater, his knowledge of what is in it of joy and happiness is greater. Thus, his seeking for it is more intense, and his veneration for the possessors of knowledge is more complete.