Rather it was news of what is about to happen, and instructions on what to do.

Rather it was news of what is about to happen, and instructions on what to do. In this connection, also see verses (11:69-73) where angels talked to the wife of Abraham and gave her the glad tiding that she is pregnant of prophet Isaac (PBUH). Even Sunnis claim that Imran Ibn al-Husayn al-Khuza’i (d. 52/672) who was…