Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:25

18:25

وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَـٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا

walabithū fī kahfihim thalātha mi-atin sinīna wa-iz'dādū tis'ʿan

And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.

— Saheeh International

[Some say], ‘The sleepers stayed in their cave for three hundred years,’ some added nine more.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they stayed in their Cave three hundred (solar) years, adding nine (for lunar years). (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi)

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

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Word by Word

وَلَبِثُوا۟walabithūAnd they remained
فِىfīin
كَهْفِهِمْkahfihimtheir cave
ثَلَـٰثَthalātha(for) three
مِا۟ئَةٍۢmi-atinhundred
سِنِينَsinīnayears
وَٱزْدَادُوا۟wa-iz'dādūand add
تِسْعًۭاtis'ʿannine