Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Thereupon [a voice] called out to her from beneath that [palm-tree]: "Grieve not! Thy Sustainer has provided a rivulet [running] beneath thee
M. M. Pickthall
Then (one) cried unto her from below her, saying: Grieve not! Thy Lord hath placed a rivulet beneath thee
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): "Grieve not! for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
So a voice reassured her from below her, “Do not grieve! Your Lord has provided a stream at your feet.
Safi Kaskas
But a voice called to her from below, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided a stream beneath you.
Wahiduddin Khan
But a voice called out to her from below, Do not despair. Your Lord has provided a brook that runs at your feet
Shakir
Then (the child) called out to her from beneath her: Grieve not, surely your Lord has made a stream to flow beneath you
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
So he cried out to her from beneath her: Feel not remorse! Surely, thy Lord made under thee (f) a brook.
T.B.Irving
Someone called out to her from below where she was: "Don´t feel so sad! Your Lord has placed a brook at your feet.
Abdul Hye
So he (Gabriel) called to her from below her, saying: “Don’t grieve! Indeed your Lord has provided a water stream under you
The Study Quran
So he called out to her from below her, “Grieve not! Thy Lord has placed a rivulet beneath thee
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Then he called her from beneath her, “Grieve not; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
Talal Itani (2012)
Whereupon he called her from beneath her: 'Do not worry; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you
Dr. Kamal Omar
Then (the angel) called out to her from (a place much) lower down to her, (saying) that: “Grieve not! Surely, your Nourisher-Sustainer has provided underneath you a stream of running water
An angel from beneath the palm-tree consoled her, saying: "Do not grieve! Your Lord has provided a brook at your feet
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Then (one) called out to her from beneath her, "Do not grieve. Your Lord has already made beneath you a rivulet
Muhammad Sarwar
Then she heard the baby saying, "Do not be sad. Your Lord has caused a stream to run at your feet
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Then he called her from beneath her: .Do not grieve; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you
Shabbir Ahmed
A voice came to her from beneath the palm-tree, "Grieve not! Your Lord has provided a rivulet beneath you."
Dr. Munir Munshey
He (the angel) called her from close by, "Do not feel sorry for yourself. Your Lord has issued forth a spring right close to where you are!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Then (a voice) cried to her from under (the tree): "Do not feel sad! Because your Lord has made (for you) a stream underneath you
But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
But then he called to her from beneath her: "Do not be sad, your Lord has made below you a stream."
Abdel Haleem
but a voice cried to her from below, ‘Do not worry: your Lord has provided a stream at your fee
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Then one cried unto her from underneath her, that grieve not, thy Lord hath placed underneath thou a rivulet
Ahmed Ali
Then (a voice) called to her from below: "Grieve not; your Lord has made a rivulet gush forth right below you
Aisha Bewley
A voice called out to her from under her, ´Do not grieve! Your Lord has placed a small stream at your feet.
Ali Ünal
(A voice) called out to her from beneath her: "Do not grieve! Your Lord has set a rivulet at your feet
Ali Quli Qara'i
Thereupon he called her from below her [saying,] ‘Do not grieve! Your Lord has made a spring to flow at your feet
Hamid S. Aziz
Then one called to her from beneath her "Grieve not, for your Lord has placed a stream beneath your feet
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Then (a voice) called her from under her (saying:) “Do not be sad, your Lord has placed a stream under you,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
But a voice cried to her from beneath the palm tree, “Grieve not, for your Guardian Evolver has provided a rivulet beneath you
Musharraf Hussain
A voice from below cried out to her: “Do not worry; your Lord has provided flowing water at your feet;
Maududi
Thereupon the angel below her cried out: "Grieve not, for your Lord has caused a stream of water to flow beneath you
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
But then he called to her from beneath her: "Do not be sad, your Lord has made below you a stream.
Mohammad Shafi
Then a voice called out to her from beneath her, "Grieve not, your Lord has surely made a canal flow beneath you."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then one called from underneath her, grieve not undoubtedly, your Lord has caused to flow a rivulet below you.
(The infant) called her from beneath her, saying, "Do not grieve. Your Lord has provided you with a stream.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He called from below to her: 'Do not sorrow, look, your Lord has provided a rivulet below you
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So a voice came to her from beneath her: Grieve not, surely thy Lord has provided a stream beneath three
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So he (Jesus) called her from below/beneath her: "That do not be sad/grieving, your Lord had put below/beneath you a stream/clearance of a burden/generosity ."
Bijan Moeinian
Then she heard a voice beneath her (most probably baby Jesus) saying
Faridul Haque
(The angel) Therefore he called her from below her, “Do not grieve - your Lord has made a river flow below you.”
Sher Ali
Then the angel called her from beneath her, saying, `Grieve not. Thy Lord has placed a rivulet below thee
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then (Gabriel or ‘Isa [Jesus] himself) called out to her from beneath her: ‘Grieve not. Surely, your Lord has made a water spring flow under you (or has created and laid under you an exalted human being)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Then a voice called her from the side of the slope by her (saying), `Do not grieve, your Lord has placed a rivulet on the side of the slope by you (and a chief of the nation has born to you)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
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
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Thereupon he [the angel] called her from beneath her that, “Grieve not for indeed Your Lord has caused a rivulet to run beneath you.
Munir Mezyed
Then he reassuringly called out to her from beneath the (palm tree): "No need to grieve! For your Lord has caused water to gush out of a hollow in the ground at your feet.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Then he called her from beneath her: do not worry, your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Then [a voice] came to (Mary) from beneath her, “Do not grieve. Truly, your Lord has opened a spring beneath you.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
So he called her from beneath her: “Be not sad; your Lord has made a stream beneath you.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Someone called out to her from below where she was: "Don’t feel so sad! Your Lord has placed a brook at your feet.
Samy Mahdy
So, he called her from underneath her: “Do not grieve; your Lord has already set up a stream underneath you.
Sayyid Qutb
But [a voice] from below called out to her: 'Do not give in to grief. Your Lord has provided a brook running beneath you.
Ahmed Hulusi
Then a voice below her said, “Do not grieve, your Rabb has formed a stream beneath you.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Then (a voice) called out unto her from beneath her: 'Grieve not! Verily your Lord has made a stream to flow beneath you'
There and then, a cry -of triumph and joy came out from below. The new born said to her: "Do not lament the event, Allah, your Creator, has provided beneath you a brook that is moved for you"
Mir Aneesuddin
Then she was called from beneath her, “Do not grieve, your Fosterer has made a rivulet beneath you,
The Wise Quran
And he called to her from beneath her, 'Do not grieve, certainly your Lord has made a stream beneath you;