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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 26of 110

قُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوا۟ ۖ لَهُۥ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ أَبْصِرْ بِهِۦ وَأَسْمِعْ ۚ مَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَلِىٍّۢ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ فِى حُكْمِهِۦٓ أَحَدًۭا﴿٢٦﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Allah is most knowing of how long they remained. He has [knowledge of] the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. How Seeing is He and how Hearing! They have not besides Him any protector, and He shares not His legislation with anyone."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلِquliSay
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
بِمَاbimāabout what (period)
لَبِثُوا۟ ۖlabithūthey remained
لَهُۥlahuFor Him
غَيْبُghaybu(is the) unseen
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
أَبْصِرْabṣirHow clearly He sees
بِهِۦbihi[of it]
وَأَسْمِعْ ۚwa-asmiʿAnd how clearly He hears
مَاmāNot
لَهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
مِنminany
وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyinprotector
وَلَاwalāand not
يُشْرِكُyush'rikuHe shares
فِىfī[in]
حُكْمِهِۦٓḥuk'mihiHis Commands
أَحَدًۭاaḥadan(with) anyone

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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