فَنَادَىٰهَا مِن تَحۡتِهَآ أَلَّا تَحۡزَنِي قَدۡ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحۡتَكِ سَرِيّٗا ٢٤
But he 1 called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 There is a difference of opinion among scholars as to whether "he" refers to the baby or to the angel.
Word by word Each word's meaning and sound
فَنَادَىٰهَا So cried to her fanādāhā مِن from min تَحۡتِهَآ beneath her taḥtihā أَلَّا That (do) not allā تَحۡزَنِي grieve taḥzanī قَدۡ verily qad جَعَلَ (has) placed jaʿala رَبُّكِ your Lord rabbuki تَحۡتَكِ beneath you taḥtaki سَرِيّٗا a stream sariyyan Tafsir Then Gabriel called to her from the bottom of the valley: “Do not grieve. Your Lord has made for you a spring of water beneath you from which you can drink.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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