The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
Page #55
3:39
فَنَادَتْهُ
الْمَلَائِكَةُ
وَهُوَ
قَائِمٌ
يُصَلِّي
فِي
الْمِحْرَابِ
أَنَّ
اللَّهَ
يُبَشِّرُكَ
بِيَحْيَى
مُصَدِّقًا
بِكَلِمَةٍ
مِّنَ
اللَّهِ
وَسَيِّدًا
وَحَصُورًا
وَنَبِيًّا
مِّنَ
الصَّالِحِينَ
fa-nādathu l-malāʾikatu wa-huwa qāʾimun yuṣallī fī l-miḥrābi ʾanna llāha yubashshiruka bi-yaḥyā muṣaddiqan bi-kalimatin mina llāhi wa-sayyidan wa-ḥaṣūran wa-nabiyyan mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna
While he was standing in prayer in the chamber, the angels called unto him: "Allah doth give thee glad tidings of Yahya, witnessing the truth of a Word from Allah, and (be besides) noble, chaste, and a prophet,- of the (goodly) company of the righteous."
— Abdullah Yusufali
Then, as he stood praying in the sanctuary the angels called out to him: ‘Allah gives you the good news of John, as a confirmer of a Word of Allah, eminent and chaste, a prophet, and one of the righteous.’
