Allah the Exalted said: << And he entered the city at a time of negligence on the part of its people, and he found therein two men fighting, one from his party and one from his enemy, and the one from his party sought his help.

And he entered the city after reaching maturity, or not? After reaching maturity, because the principle is that what is mentioned first is earlier in occurrence and in action. This is the principle: what is mentioned first is earlier in occurrence if it is in reports, and earlier in action if it is in rulings. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned toward al-Safa and said: The scholars said: The poor are in greater need than the needy, because Allah began with them in His saying: So here we say, when Allah mentioned: we know that his entering the city was after he had reached maturity.
And His saying: the city of Pharaoh, which is Manf or Munf, this is with a dammah on the mim, and here with a sukun on the nun, and after he had been absent for a period.
Specifying the city as the city of Pharaoh, in my view, there is something to this, because the man was raised by whom? By Pharaoh, in his own city and in his own place, unless it is said that Pharaoh was in Egypt and Manf is a town outside the main base, meaning the capital of the country, and that he went out one day and entered it. The best in this, in such a position, if nothing is reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), is that we say: a city among the cities of Egypt, inhabited by Copts and Israelites, as evidenced by the story.
"at the time of the siesta" His saying: at a time of negligence on the part of its people. Some scholars say the meaning is at a time of negligence in terms of time, meaning that it is a time when people are negligent. Some say at a time of negligence on the part of its people means in terms of speech, meaning that they had forgotten Moses and his story, and time had passed, so he entered at a time when they were not talking about this matter. But the first meaning is more apparent: that he entered it at a time when its people were negligent. Does it have to be the time of the siesta? It does not have to be the time of the siesta; it could be at night, at Maghrib, Allah knows best, only at a time when the people of the town are negligent.
meaning an Israelite meaning a Copt. He found therein two men fighting. Fighting means disputing, quarreling, and also striking. It does not appear to be intended that they wanted to kill each other, but this one was from his party. The party of a man means his followers. Allah the Exalted said: It was said that the party is whoever supports you; everyone who supports you is your party, yes, whether he follows you or not. In any case, here the party means that he was from his tribe, and for this reason the author said: meaning an Israelite. And this one was from his enemy, from the enemy of Moses, meaning from the family of Pharaoh, who are the Copts. What is it?
"meaning a Copt who forces an Israelite to carry firewood to Pharaoh's kitchen" By Allah, what wonders! Who says this? In any case, they are fighting as is the custom of people, enemies. Enemies always quarrel with each other and fight each other. Our Shaykh, Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (may Allah have mercy on him), mentioned in his tafsir that this indicates the strength of the people of the Children of Israel after they had been humiliated, their sons being killed and their women spared. Now they are making themselves equals to the family of Pharaoh, the Copts, because they know that Moses is one of them and that Moses holds a great position with Pharaoh, so their backs were strengthened by this. And this is clear: they will be strengthened by this and see themselves as equals to the family of Pharaoh. As for the idea that he wants to force him to carry firewood to the kitchen, that is not apparent and requires clear evidence, and there is no evidence here. He explains the situation in his saying: and he entered the city at a time of negligence on the part of its people.