Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:39

3:39

فَنَادَتْهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئِمٌ يُصَلِّى فِى ٱلْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ مُصَدِّقًۢا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًا وَحَصُورًا وَنَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

fanādathu l-malāikatu wahuwa qāimun yuṣallī fī l-miḥ'rābi anna l-laha yubashiruka biyaḥyā muṣaddiqan bikalimatin mina l-lahi wasayyidan waḥaṣūran wanabiyyan mina l-ṣāliḥīna

So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, "Indeed, Allāh gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word from Allāh and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous."

— Saheeh International

The angels called out to him, while he stood praying in the sanctuary, ‘God gives you news of John, confirming a Word from God. He will be noble and chaste, a prophet, one of the righteous.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in Al-Mihrâb (a praying place or a private room), (saying): "Allâh gives you glad tidings of Yahya (John), confirming (believing in) the word from Allâh [i.e. the creation of ‘Îsâ (Jesus) عليه السلام, the Word from Allâh ("Be!" - and he was!)], noble, keeping away from sexual relations with women, a Prophet, from among the righteous."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَنَادَتْهُfanādathuThen called him
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
وَهُوَwahuwawhen he
قَآئِمٌۭqāimun(was) standing
يُصَلِّىyuṣallīpraying
فِىfīin
ٱلْمِحْرَابِl-miḥ'rābithe prayer chamber
أَنَّannaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُبَشِّرُكَyubashirukagives you glad tidings
بِيَحْيَىٰbiyaḥyāof Yahya
مُصَدِّقًۢاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
بِكَلِمَةٍۢbikalimatin[of] a Word
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَسَيِّدًۭاwasayyidanand a noble
وَحَصُورًۭاwaḥaṣūranand chaste
وَنَبِيًّۭاwanabiyyanand a Prophet
مِّنَminaamong
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous