Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Maryam, Ayah 17
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Thus she veiled herself from them she draped herself in a veil to conceal herself while she washed her hair from lice or washed her clothes or cleansed herself from her menses; whereupon We sent to her Our Spirit Gabriel and he assumed before her after she donned her clothes the likeness of a well-proportioned human perfect in physical form.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And had chosen seclusion from them) so that she purifies herself after the end of her menses. (Then We sent unto her Our Spirit) Our Messenger Gabriel when she had finished purifying herself (and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man).