Sayyiduna Abu Maryam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A Bedouin came and stopped before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), while many people were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at that time. He said: "Will you not give me something that I may learn and carry with me, which will benefit me and will do you no harm?" The people said: "Stop! Sit down." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave him; this man asks only so that he may learn." The people made room for him until he sat down. He asked: "What was (the beginning) of your prophethood?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty took a covenant from me just as He took the covenant from the prophets." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "And when We took from the prophets their covenant, and from you, and from Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa and Isa bin Maryam, and We took from them a firm covenant." (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:) "I am the glad tidings of Sayyiduna al-Masih Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him), and the mother of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw in a dream that a lamp came out from between her (legs), which lit up the palaces of Syria." The Bedouin said: "Hah?" and brought his head close to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), for there was some weakness in his hearing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And there is more beyond that."
At-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators have been declared trustworthy.