Ali 'Imran 3:39

<h2>The Supplication of Zakariyya, and the Good News of Yahya's Birth</h2><p>When Zakariyya saw that Allah provided sustenance for Maryam by giving her the fruits of winter in summer and the fruits of summer in winter, he was eager to have a child of his own. By then, Zakariyya had become an old man, his bones feeble and his head full of gray hair. His wife was an old women who was barren. Yet, he still supplicated to Allah and called Him in secret,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنْكَ</div><p>(O my Lord! Grant me from Ladunka,) from You,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً</div><p>(A good offspring) meaning, a righteous offspring,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَآءِ</div><p>(You are indeed the All-Hearer of invocation.) Allah said,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّى فِى الْمِحْرَابِ</div><p>(Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in the Mihrab,) meaning, the angels spoke to him directly while he was secluded, standing in prayer at his place of worship. Allah told us about the good news that the angels delivered to Zakariyya,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَـى</div><p>(Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya, ) of a child from your offspring, his name is Yahya. Qatadah and other scholars said that he …

And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous.

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."

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."

Then the angels called out to him, as he stood praying in the sanctuary: “God gives you good news of John; confirming a Word from God, and honorable, and moral, and a prophet; one of the upright.”