He forgot a verse whilst he was offering a naafil prayer, so he moved to pick up a Mushaf and opened it to remind himself of the verse

Question

Praise be to Allah.

Moving during the prayer is makrooh unless it is done out
of necessity.

We have previously discussed the kinds of movements during
the prayer and the rulings of them in the answer the question no.
12683.

The movement that you described is a small movement and was
done in the interests of the prayer, so there is nothing wrong with it. It
was one of the movements that are permitted whilst praying.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was
asked:

If a person is offering a naafil prayer and he is reciting
lengthy soorahs and forgets some of the verses, and there is a Mushaf in
front of him, can he pick up the Mushaf in order to check what he missed in
his recitation, or should he stop where he cannot carry on reciting, and
bow?

He replied:

There is nothing wrong with either option, so long as he is
offering a naafil prayer on his own. If he gets confused about a verse and
the Mushaf is nearby, there is nothing wrong with him picking it up and
looking, because this is for a need that has to do with the prayer. And
there is nothing wrong with stopping his recitation and bowing, because
sometimes if he bows he will remember the verses that he forgot. So there is
nothing wrong with bowing then remembering them, because this is what he
wanted. And if he cannot remember them, then he should recite whatever he
can manage. End quote.

Liqa’ al-Baab al-Maftooh, 83/18

It should be noted that the Sunnah in the regular Sunnah
prayer of Maghrib is to recite Qul ya ayyuha’l-kaafiroon in the first
rak‘ah and Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad in the second, as is proven from the
Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). Narrated by
al-Tirmidhi (431); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.

And Allah knows best.