Surah Maryam, ayah 17
فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
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.
Maryam · 19:17
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
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