Al-Kahf (The Cave)
Verse 25of 110
وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍۢ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًۭا﴿٢٥﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.
Word-by-word meaning
وَلَبِثُوا۟walabithūAnd they remained
فِىfīin
كَهْفِهِمْkahfihimtheir cave
ثَلَـٰثَthalātha(for) three
مِا۟ئَةٍۢmi-atinhundred
سِنِينَsinīnayears
وَٱزْدَادُوا۟wa-iz'dādūand add
تِسْعًۭاtis'ʿannine
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Length of their Stay in the CaveHere Allah tells His Messenger the length of time the people of the Cave spent in their cave, from the time when He caused them to sleep until the time when He resurrected them and caused the people of that era to find them. The length of time was three hundred plus nine years in lunar years, which is three hundred years in solar years.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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