Praying in the prayer niche: Good augury in view of-verse in the Holy Quran: ~“And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the prayer niche: Allah grive thee glad tidings of-a son whose name is- Yahya-John- ,-who cometh- to confirm-word from Allah, lordly, chaste,-prophet of the righteous. ~-~~“Al-Imran ~ [The Imran Family], verse 39.-