Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 39 (3:39)

آلِ عِمْرَان

فَنَادَتْهُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئِمٌ يُصَلِّى فِى ٱلْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ …

Quran 3:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 55 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:39
فَنَادَتْهُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُوَهُوَقَآئِمٌيُصَلِّىفِىٱلْمِحْرَابِأَنَّٱللَّهَيُبَشِّرُكَبِيَحْيَىٰمُصَدِّقًۢابِكَلِمَةٍمِّنَٱللَّهِوَسَيِّدًاوَحَصُورًاوَنَبِيًّامِّنَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ٣٩
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."(39)

Word by word

  1. فَنَادَتْهُfanādathuThen called him
  2. ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
  3. وَهُوَwahuwawhen he
  4. قَآئِمٌqāimun(was) standing
  5. يُصَلِّىyuṣallīpraying
  6. فِىfīin
  7. ٱلْمِحْرَابِl-miḥ'rābithe prayer chamber
  8. أَنَّannaIndeed
  9. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  10. يُبَشِّرُكَyubashirukagives you glad tidings
  11. بِيَحْيَىٰbiyaḥyāof Yahya
  12. مُصَدِّقًۢاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
  13. بِكَلِمَةٍbikalimatin[of] a Word
  14. مِّنَminafrom
  15. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  16. وَسَيِّدًاwasayyidanand a noble
  17. وَحَصُورًاwaḥaṣūranand chaste
  18. وَنَبِيًّاwanabiyyanand a Prophet
  19. مِّنَminaamong
  20. ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

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