وَلَبِثُواْ فِي كَهۡفِهِمۡ ثَلَٰثَ مِاْئَةٖ سِنِينَ وَٱزۡدَادُواْ تِسۡعٗا ٢٥
And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., 309 lunar years.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَبِثُواْAnd they remainedwalabithū
- فِيinfī
- كَهۡفِهِمۡtheir cavekahfihim
- ثَلَٰثَ(for) threethalātha
- مِاْئَةٖhundredmi-atin
- سِنِينَyearssinīna
- وَٱزۡدَادُواْand addwa-iz'dādū
- تِسۡعٗاninetis'ʿan
Tafsir
The people of the cave remained in their cave for three hundred and nine years.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran