Then (a voice) called to her from below: "Grieve not; your Lord has made a rivulet gush forth right below you.
(The angel) Therefore called her from below her, “Do not grieve – your Lord has made a river flow below you.”
But the one that was below her called to her, 'Nay, do not sorrow; see, thy Lord has set below thee a rivulet.
Thereupon [a voice] called out to her from beneath that [palm-tree]: "Grieve not! Thy Sustainer has provided a rivulet [running] beneath thee;
Then one cried unto her from underneath her, that grieve not, thy Lord hath placed underneath thou a rivulet.
Then [the babe 'Iesa (Jesus) or Jibrael (Gabriel)] cried unto her from below her, saying: "Grieve not! Your Lord has provided a water stream under you;
Whereupon he called her from beneath her: “Do not worry; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
Thereupon the angel below her cried out: "Grieve not, for your Lord has caused a stream of water to flow beneath you.
Then he cried unto her from below her, saying: "Grieve not: your Lord has provided a Sariy under you."
Then (one) cried unto her from below her, saying: Grieve not! Thy Lord hath placed a rivulet beneath thee,
Thereupon he called her from below her [saying,] ‘Do not grieve! Your Lord has made a spring to flow at your feet.
He called from below to her: 'Do not sorrow, look, your Lord has provided a rivulet below you,
But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.
Then she heard the baby saying, "Do not be sad. Your Lord has caused a stream to run at your feet.
Then (the child) called out to her from beneath her: Grieve not, surely your Lord has made a stream to flow beneath you;
Fan<u>a</u>d<u>a</u>h<u>a</u> min ta<u>h</u>tih<u>a</u> all<u>a</u> ta<u>h</u>zanee qad jaAAala rabbuki ta<u>h</u>taki sariyy<u>a</u><b>n</b>
But a voice called out to her from below, "Do not despair. Your Lord has provided a brook that runs at your feet,
But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): "Grieve not! for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;
فَنَادَىٰهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ أَلَّا تَحْزَنِى قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا
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.
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.
<p>سَرِیّاً The literal meaning of the word سَرِی appearing in verse 24 is a small canal. Allah Ta’ ala caused a small stream to flow at the moment either by his direct command or through Sayyidna Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) . There are reports supporting both these probabilities. It is worth noting here that while describing the means to bring consolation to Sayyidah Maryam (علیہا السلام) water was mentioned first and then date as something to eat</p>
سَرِیّاً The literal meaning of the word سَرِی appearing in verse 24 is a small canal. Allah Ta’ ala caused a small stream to flow at the moment either by his direct command or through Sayyidna Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) . There are reports supporting both these probabilities. It is worth noting here that while describing the means to bring consolation to Sayyidah Maryam (علیہا السلام) water was mentioned first and then date as something to eat
<h2 class="title">What was said to Her after the Birth</h2><p>Some reciters read the Ayah as,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">مَنْ تَحْتِهَا</div><p>(Who was below her) Meaning the one who was below her called to her. Others recited it as,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">مِن تَحْتِهَآ</div><p>(from below her) With the meaning of a preposition (from) instead of a pronoun (who). The scholars of Tafsir have differed over the interpretation of who was calling out. Al-`Awfi and others reported from Ibn `Abbas that he said,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَنَادَاهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ</div><p>(Then cried unto her from below her,) "This is referring to Jibrilbecause `Isa did not speak until she brought him to her people." Similarly, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak, `Amr bin Maymun, As-Suddi and Qatadah all said, "Verily, this is referring to the angel Jibril." This means that he (Jibril) called out to her from the bottom of the valley. Mujahid said,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَنَادَاهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ</div><p>(Then cried unto her from below her,) "This is referring to `Isa bin Maryam." Likewise, `Abdur-Razzaq reported from Ma`mar that Qatadah said that Al-Hasan said, "This is referring to her son (`Isa)." This is also one of the two opinions reported from Sa`id bin Jubayr -- that it was her son, `Isa, speaking. Sa`id said, "Have you not heard Allah saying,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ</div><p>(Then she pointed to him.) Ibn Zayd and Ibn Jarir preferred this opinion in his Tafsir. Allah said,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَلاَّ تَحْزَنِى</div><p>(Grieve not:) He called to her saying, "Do not grieve."</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيّاً</div><p>(your Lord has provided a Sariy under you.) Sufyan Ath-Thawri and Shu`bah reported from Abu Ishaq that Al-Bara' bin `Azib said, s</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيّاً</div><p>(your Lord has provided a Sariy under you.) "This means a small stream." Likewise, `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "Sariy means a river." `Amr bin Maymun held the same view, as he said, "It means a river for her to drink from." Mujahid said, "It means river in the Syrian language." Sa`id bin Jubayr said, "Sariy is a small flowing river." Others said that Sariy refers to `Isa. This was said by Al-Hasan, Ar-Rabi` bin Anas, Muhammad bin `Abbad bin Ja`far, and it is one of the two opinions reported from Qatadah. It is also the view of `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam. However, the first view seems to be the most obvious meaning. For this reason, Allah said after it,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَهُزِّى إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ</div><p>(And shake the trunk of date palm towards you,) meaning, "Grab the trunk of the date-palm tree and shake it towards yourself." Therefore, Allah blessed her by giving her food and drink. Then He said,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">تُسَـقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَباً جَنِيّاًفَكُلِى وَاشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْناً</div><p>(It will let fall fresh ripe dates upon you. So eat and drink and rejoice.) Meaning to be happy. This is why `Amr bin Maymun said, "Nothing is better for the woman confined in childbed than dried dates and fresh dates." Then he recited this noble Ayah. Concerning Allah's statement,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ البَشَرِ أَحَداً</div><p>(And if you see any human being,) This means any person that you see,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَقُولِى إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ صَوْماً فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنسِيّاً</div><p>(Say: `Verily, I have vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious (Allah) so I shall not speak to any human being today.') Meaning, by signaling with gestures, not a statement by speech. This is so that she does not negate her oath itself,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنسِيّاً</div><p>(so I shall not speak to any human being today. ) Anas bin Malik commented on,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ صَوْماً</div><p>(I have vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious) He said; "A vow of silence." Likewise said Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak. The meaning here is that in their Law, when fasting, it was forbidden for them to eat and speak. As-Suddi, Qatadah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd have all stated this view. `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd said, "When `Isa said to Maryam,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَلاَّ تَحْزَنِى</div><p>(Grieve not) She said, `How can I not grieve when you are with me and I have no husband nor am I an owned slave woman What excuse do I have with the people Woe unto me, if I had only died before this, and had been a thing forgotten and unknown.' Then, `Isa said to her, `I will suffice you with a statement,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ البَشَرِ أَحَداً فَقُولِى إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ صَوْماً فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنسِيّاً</div><p>(And if you see any human being, say: `Verily, I have vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious so I shall not speak to any human being this day.')' All of this is from the speech of `Isa to his mother." Wahb said the same as well.</p>
What was said to Her after the BirthSome reciters read the Ayah as,مَنْ تَحْتِهَا(Who was below her) Meaning the one who was below her called to her. Others recited it as,مِن تَحْتِهَآ(from below her) With the meaning of a preposition (from) instead of a pronoun (who). The scholars of Tafsir have differed over the interpretation of who was calling out. Al-`Awfi and others reported from Ibn `Abbas that he said,فَنَادَاهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ(Then cried unto her from below her,) "This is referring to Jibrilbecause `Isa did not speak until she brought him to her people." Similarly, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak, `Amr bin Maymun, As-Suddi and Qatadah all said, "Verily, this is referring to the angel Jibril." This means that he (Jibril) called out to her from the bottom of the valley. Mujahid said,فَنَادَاهَا مِن تَحْتِهَآ(Then cried unto her from below her,) "This is referring to `Isa bin Maryam." Likewise, `Abdur-Razzaq reported from Ma`mar that Qatadah said that Al-Hasan said, "This is referring to her son (`Isa)." This is also one of the two opinions reported from Sa`id bin Jubayr -- that it was her son, `Isa, speaking. Sa`id said, "Have you not heard Allah saying,فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ(Then she pointed to him.) Ibn Zayd and Ibn Jarir preferred this opinion in his Tafsir. Allah said,أَلاَّ تَحْزَنِى(Grieve not:) He called to her saying, "Do not grieve."قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيّاً(your Lord has provided a Sariy under you.) Sufyan Ath-Thawri and Shu`bah reported from Abu Ishaq that Al-Bara' bin `Azib said, sقَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيّاً(your Lord has provided a Sariy under you.) "This means a small stream." Likewise, `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "Sariy means a river." `Amr bin Maymun held the same view, as he said, "It means a river for her to drink from." Mujahid said, "It means river in the Syrian language." Sa`id bin Jubayr said, "Sariy is a small flowing river." Others said that Sariy refers to `Isa. This was said by Al-Hasan, Ar-Rabi` bin Anas, Muhammad bin `Abbad bin Ja`far, and it is one of the two opinions reported from Qatadah. It is also the view of `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam. However, the first view seems to be the most obvious meaning. For this reason, Allah said after it,وَهُزِّى إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ(And shake the trunk of date palm towards you,) meaning, "Grab the trunk of the date-palm tree and shake it towards yourself." Therefore, Allah blessed her by giving her food and drink. Then He said,تُسَـقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَباً جَنِيّاًفَكُلِى وَاشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْناً(It will let fall fresh ripe dates upon you. So eat and drink and rejoice.) Meaning to be happy. This is why `Amr bin Maymun said, "Nothing is better for the woman confined in childbed than dried dates and fresh dates." Then he recited this noble Ayah. Concerning Allah's statement,فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ البَشَرِ أَحَداً(And if you see any human being,) This means any person that you see,فَقُولِى إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ صَوْماً فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنسِيّاً(Say: `Verily, I have vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious (Allah) so I shall not speak to any human being today.') Meaning, by signaling with gestures, not a statement by speech. This is so that she does not negate her oath itself,فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنسِيّاً(so I shall not speak to any human being today. ) Anas bin Malik commented on,إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ صَوْماً(I have vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious) He said; "A vow of silence." Likewise said Ibn `Abbas and Ad-Dahhak. The meaning here is that in their Law, when fasting, it was forbidden for them to eat and speak. As-Suddi, Qatadah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd have all stated this view. `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd said, "When `Isa said to Maryam,أَلاَّ تَحْزَنِى(Grieve not) She said, `How can I not grieve when you are with me and I have no husband nor am I an owned slave woman What excuse do I have with the people Woe unto me, if I had only died before this, and had been a thing forgotten and unknown.' Then, `Isa said to her, `I will suffice you with a statement,فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ البَشَرِ أَحَداً فَقُولِى إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ صَوْماً فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنسِيّاً(And if you see any human being, say: `Verily, I have vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious so I shall not speak to any human being this day.')' All of this is from the speech of `Isa to his mother." Wahb said the same as well.