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فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُوْنِهِمْ حِجَابًاۗ فَاَرْسَلْنَآ اِلَيْهَا رُوْحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا   ( مريم: ١٧ )

fa-ittakhadhat
فَٱتَّخَذَتْ
Then she took
min
مِن
from them
dūnihim
دُونِهِمْ
from them
ḥijāban
حِجَابًا
a screen
fa-arsalnā
فَأَرْسَلْنَآ
Then We sent
ilayhā
إِلَيْهَا
to her
rūḥanā
رُوحَنَا
Our Spirit
fatamathala
فَتَمَثَّلَ
then he assumed for her the likeness
lahā
لَهَا
then he assumed for her the likeness
basharan
بَشَرًا
(of) a man
sawiyyan
سَوِيًّا
well-proportioned

Fattakhazat min doonihim hijaaban fa arsalnaaa ilaihaa roohanaa fatamassala lahaa basharan sawiyyaa (Maryam 19:17)

Sahih International:

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)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

then she used a barrier to hide herself from them. Then, We sent to her Our Spirit, (Jibra’īl) and he took before her the form of a perfect human being.