ALLAH
SAYS: “The angels called unto him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, ‘Allah gives you glad tidings of Yaḥyā’.” [1].
Allah
says: “When Our Messengers came to Ibrāhīm with the good news.” [2].
Allah
says: “There came Our Messengers to Ibrāhīm with glad tidings.” [3].
Allah
says: “So We gave him the good news of a forbearing boy.” [4].
Allah
says: “They said: ‘Fear not,’ and they gave him glad tidings of a boy endowed with much knowledge.” [5].
Allah
says: “They said: ‘Tremble not. We give you glad tidings of a boy endowed with much knowledge.’” [6].
Allah
says: “And his wife was standing [there], and she laughed: and We gave her glad tidings of Isḥāq, and of Ya‘qūb after Isḥāq.” [7].
Allah
says: “When the angels said: ‘O Maryam, Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him.’” [8].
Allah
says: “That is [the bounty] whereof Allah gives glad tidings to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds.” [9].
Allah
says: “So announce the good news to My servants, those who listen to the Word and follow the best of it.” [10].
Allah
says: “And rejoice in glad tidings of Paradise, which you were promised.” [11].
Allah
says: “That day shall you see the believing men and the believing women, their light running before them and to the right of them. Good news for you this day: gardens beneath which rivers flow.” [12].

Allah
says: “Their Lord gives them glad tidings of mercy from Himself, of His good pleasure; and of gardens for them, wherein are abiding delights.” [13].
The hadiths narrated about giving good news are very numerous and well-known. Among them are those recounting the glad tidings given to Khadījah
of a house of pearls in Paradise in which there is no fatigue and no argument. [14].
Another is the hadith of Ka‘b ibn Mālik
in the two Ṣaḥīḥs about the story of the acceptance of his repentance. [15].He said: “I heard the sound of someone shouting at the top of his voice: ‘O Ka‘b ibn Mālik, good news!’ People began to congratulate me. I set off, looking for the Messenger of Allah
, and people met me in groups congratulating me on my being forgiven. They said ‘May Allah’s relenting towards you give you joy,’ until I entered the mosque and there was the Messenger of Allah
surrounded by people. Ṭalḥah ibn ‘Ubaydullāh
stood up and ran to shake my hand and congratulate me.” Ka‘b
never forgot this about Ṭalḥah. Ka‘b
said: “When I greeted Allah’s Messenger
, he said, his face shining with happiness: ‘Good news of the best day that has happened to you since the day your mother gave birth to you.’”
References
[1] Qur’ān 4:39.
[2] Qur’ān 29:31.
[3] Qur’ān 11:69.
[4] Qur’ān 37:101.
[5] Qur’ān 51:28.
[6] Qur’ān 15:53.
[7] Qur’ān 11:71.
[8] Qur’ān 3:45.
[9] Qur’ān 42:23.
[10] Qur’ān 39:17–18.
[11] Qur’ān 41:30.
[12] Qur’ān 57:12.
[13] Qur’ān 9:21.
[14] Al-Bukhārī (3816) and Muslim (2433).
[15] Al-Bukhārī (4418) and Muslim (2769).