Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in Al-Mihrab (a praying place or a private room), (saying): "Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya (John), confirming (believing in) the Word from Allah [i.e. the creation of 'Iesa (Jesus), the Word from Allah ("Be!" - and he was!)], noble, keeping away from sexual relations with women, a Prophet, from among the righteous."
پس در حالى كه در محراب به نماز ايستاده بود، فرشتگان او را ندا دادند كه خداوند تو را به يحيى نويد مى‌دهد كه تصديق كننده‌ى كلمه خدا (عيسى) است و بزرگوار و پارسا و پيامبرى از صالحان است