And there came travellers and they sent their water-drawer and he let down his bucket. He said: O good news! this is a youth; and they concealed him as an article of merchandise, and Allah knew what they did.

They said: Be not afraid, surely we give you the good news of a boy, possessing knowledge.

O Zakariya! surely We give you good news of a boy whose name shall be Yahya: We have not made before anyone his equal.

She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste?

So We gave him the good news of a boy, possessing forbearance.

So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.