Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:17

19:17

فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا

fa-ittakhadhat min dūnihim ḥijāban fa-arsalnā ilayhā rūḥanā fatamathala lahā basharan sawiyyan

And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel [i.e., Gabriel], and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.

— Saheeh International

and secluded herself away; We sent Our Spirit to appear before her in the form of a perfected man.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our Ruh [angel Jibrîl (Gabriel)], and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَٱتَّخَذَتْfa-ittakhadhatThen she took
مِنminfrom them
دُونِهِمْdūnihimfrom them
حِجَابًۭاḥijābana screen
فَأَرْسَلْنَآfa-arsalnāThen We sent
إِلَيْهَاilayhāto her
رُوحَنَاrūḥanāOur Spirit
فَتَمَثَّلَfatamathalathen he assumed for her the likeness
لَهَاlahāthen he assumed for her the likeness
بَشَرًۭاbasharan(of) a man
سَوِيًّۭاsawiyyanwell-proportioned