Maryam 19:17
Mary · ayah 17 of 98
فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًۭا فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًۭا سَوِيًّۭا
Fattakhathat min doonihim hijabanfaarsalna ilayha roohanafatamaththala laha basharan sawiyya
"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 translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"and secluded herself away; We sent Our Spirit to appear before her in the form of a perfected man."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent unto her Our Spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent her our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects."