Quran 3:39 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.’
فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ مُصَدِّقًا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًا وَحَصُورًا وَنَبِيًّا مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the angels called to him, standing in the Sanctuary at worship, 'Lo, God gives thee good tidings of John, who shall confirm a Word of God, a chief, and chaste, a Prophet, righteous.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Thereupon, as he stood praying in the sanctuary, the angels called out unto him: "God sends thee the glad tiding of [the birth of] John, who shall confirm the truth of a word from God, and [shall be] outstanding among men, and utterly chaste, and a prophet from among the righteous."
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَنَادَتْهُfanādathu | Then called him | ندو |
| 2 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatu | the Angels | ملك |
| 3 | وَهُوَwahuwa | when he | — |
| 4 | قَآئِمٌۭqāimun | (was) standing | قوم |
| 5 | يُصَلِّىyuṣallī | praying | صلو |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْمِحْرَابِl-miḥ'rābi | the prayer chamber | حرب |
| 8 | أَنَّanna | Indeed | — |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | يُبَشِّرُكَyubashiruka | gives you glad tidings | بشر |
| 11 | بِيَحْيَىٰbiyaḥyā | of Yahya | — |
| 12 | مُصَدِّقًۢاmuṣaddiqan | confirming | صدق |
| 13 | بِكَلِمَةٍۢbikalimatin | [of] a Word | كلم |
| 14 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 16 | وَسَيِّدًۭاwasayyidan | and a noble | سود |
| 17 | وَحَصُورًۭاwaḥaṣūran | and chaste | حصر |
| 18 | وَنَبِيًّۭاwanabiyyan | and a Prophet | نبأ |
| 19 | مِّنَmina | among | — |
| 20 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīna | the righteous | صلح |