فَنَادَتْهُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئِمٌۭ يُصَلِّى فِى ٱلْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ مُصَدِّقًۢا بِكَلِمَةٍۢ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًۭا وَحَصُورًۭا وَنَبِيًّۭا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
How to read it
Fanādat'hu l-malā'ikatu wahuwa qā'imun yuṣallī fī l-miḥ'rābi 'anna -llaha yubashshiruka biyaḥ'yā muṣaddiqan[m] bikalimatin mmina -llahi wassayyidan waḥaṣūran wanabiyyan mmina ṣṣāliḥīna
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."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

