The Holy Quran 19:17 — Surah Maryam

Arabic text

فَٱتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا

Translation

She screened (veiled) herself from the people (so that none may see her), when We sent Our angel (Jibra'eel عليه الصلاة والسلام) to her, who assumed the appearance of a perfect man before her.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The coming of Jibril ﵇: that is, Jibril ﵇ came in the form of a handsome young man, as it is the custom of angels to appear generally in pleasing forms. And it is possible that here a test of Maryam's utmost chastity and purity was also intended: that even such powerful urges and stimuli could not move her feelings of chastity and taqwa (mindfulness of…

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