Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 19 Maryam, Ayat 17-17
فَاتَّخَذَتۡ مِنۡ دُوۡنِهِمۡ حِجَابًا فَاَرۡسَلۡنَاۤ اِلَيۡهَا رُوۡحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
﴿19:17﴾
(19:17) and drew a curtain, screening herself from people14 whereupon
We sent to her Our spirit and he appeared to her as a well-shaped man.
Notes
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.