Surat Maryam Verse No. 17: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 17 from Surah Maryam : Number of verses 98 - - page 306 - Part 16.
﴾فَٱتَّخَذَتۡ مِن دُونِهِمۡ حِجَابٗا فَأَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرٗا سَوِيّٗا ﴿
[ مريم: 17]
She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our Ruh [angel Jibrael (Gabriel)], and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects.
English - Sahih International
And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel, and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(19:17) and had hung down a screen to hide herself from them. *14 There We sent to her Our Spirit ("an angel") and he appeared before her in the form of a perfect man.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*14) The Sanctuary where she had retired for devotion was an eastern chamber in the Temple, and as was customary she had hung a curtain to conceal herself from the people. It cannot be Nazareth as some people have wrongly taken it to be, because Nazareth is to the north of Jerusalem.