Quran 19:17 — Maryam, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and secluded herself away; We sent Our Spirit to appear before her in the form of a perfected man.
فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
fa-ittakhadhat min dūnihim ḥijāban fa-arsalnā ilayhā rūḥanā fatamathala lahā basharan sawiyyan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and she took a veil apart from them; then We sent unto her Our Spirit that presented himself to her a man without fault.
- Muhammad Asad
- and kept herself in seclusion from them, whereupon We sent unto her Our angel of revelation, who appeared to her in the shape of a well-made human being.
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱتَّخَذَتْfa-ittakhadhat | Then she took | أخذ |
| 2 | مِنmin | from them | — |
| 3 | دُونِهِمْdūnihim | from them | دون |
| 4 | حِجَابًۭاḥijāban | a screen | حجب |
| 5 | فَأَرْسَلْنَآfa-arsalnā | Then We sent | رسل |
| 6 | إِلَيْهَاilayhā | to her | — |
| 7 | رُوحَنَاrūḥanā | Our Spirit | روح |
| 8 | فَتَمَثَّلَfatamathala | then he assumed for her the likeness | مثل |
| 9 | لَهَاlahā | then he assumed for her the likeness | — |
| 10 | بَشَرًۭاbasharan | (of) a man | بشر |
| 11 | سَوِيًّۭاsawiyyan | well-proportioned | سوي |