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Maryam 17

Ayah 17 of 98 · Meccan

فَٱتَّخَذَتۡ مِن دُونِهِمۡ حِجَابٗا فَأَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرٗا سَوِيّٗا ١٧

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱتَّخَذَتۡThen she tookfa-ittakhadhat
  2. مِنfrom themmin
  3. دُونِهِمۡfrom themdūnihim
  4. حِجَابٗاa screenḥijāban
  5. فَأَرۡسَلۡنَآThen We sentfa-arsalnā
  6. إِلَيۡهَاto herilayhā
  7. رُوحَنَاOur Spiritrūḥanā
  8. فَتَمَثَّلَthen he assumed for her the likenessfatamathala
  9. لَهَاthen he assumed for her the likenesslahā
  10. بَشَرٗا(of) a manbasharan
  11. سَوِيّٗاwell-proportionedsawiyyan

Tafsir

Thus, she made for herself a veil from the people which would cover her, so that they cannot see her when she is worshipping her Lord. Then I sent Gabriel (peace be upon him) to her, thus he appeared to her in the form of a perfectly-formed human. So she thought he has a malicious intention towards her.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran