Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:11

18:11

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا

faḍarabnā ʿalā ādhānihim fī l-kahfi sinīna ʿadadan

So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.

— Saheeh International

We sealed their ears [with sleep] in the cave for years.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Therefore We covered up their (sense of) hearing (causing them to go in deep sleep) in the Cave for a number of years.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَضَرَبْنَاfaḍarabnāSo We cast
عَلَىٰٓʿalāover
ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir ears
فِىfīin
ٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfithe cave
سِنِينَsinīnayears
عَدَدًۭاʿadadana number