Quran 18:25 — Al-Kahf, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Some say], ‘The sleepers stayed in their cave for three hundred years,’ some added nine more.
وَلَبِثُوا فِي كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةٍ سِنِينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعًا
walabithū fī kahfihim thalātha mi-atin sinīna wa-iz'dādū tis'ʿan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they tarried in the Cave three hundred years, and to that they added nine more.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [some people assert], "They remained in their cave three hundred years"; and some have added nine [to that number].
- Sahih International
- And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَبِثُوا۟walabithū | And they remained | لبث |
| 2 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 3 | كَهْفِهِمْkahfihim | their cave | كهف |
| 4 | ثَلَـٰثَthalātha | (for) three | ثلث |
| 5 | مِا۟ئَةٍۢmi-atin | hundred | مءي |
| 6 | سِنِينَsinīna | years | سنو |
| 7 | وَٱزْدَادُوا۟wa-iz'dādū | and add | زيد |
| 8 | تِسْعًۭاtis'ʿan | nine | تسع |