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“They said, ‘We wish’”: that is, we asked only because we wish “to eat from it”—as an act of seeking blessing, not out of need—and thereby become certain
﴿قَالُوا نُرِيدُ﴾ أَيْ: إِنَّمَا سَأَلْنَا لِأَنَّا نُرِيدُ، ﴿أَنْ نَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا﴾ أَكْلَ تَبَرُّكٍ لَا أَكْلَ حَاجَةٍ فَنَسْتَيْقِنَ