Surah 19:17
"and took a veil apart from them, We sent to her Our spirit, and it took for her the form of a human being exactly."
19.17 – We sent to her Our spirit, and it took for her the form of a human being exactly
The way that Allah made Mary pregnant with ‘Īsā is described in a couple of different ways in the Quran. Here Allah’s spirit appears in a human form and simply says he will grant Mary a son (v. 19). At 21.91 and 66.12, the Quran says, “We breathed into her some of Our spirit.” For an analysis of “the spirit” ( rūḥ ) in the Quran, see the comments at 97.4.
- from The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam