Quran 18:11

Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 11

Juz 15 · Page 294 · Ruku 252 · Meccan

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا

Word by word

فَضَرَبْنَا faḍarabnā So We cast عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā over ءَاذَانِهِمْ ādhānihim their ears فِى fī in ٱلْكَهْفِ l-kahfi the cave سِنِينَ sinīna years عَدَدًۭا ʿadadan a number

Transliteration

Fadarabna AAala athanihimfee alkahfi sineena AAadada

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Then We sealed up their hearing in the Cave for a number of years.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then We draw (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years, in the Cave, (so that they heard not):

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( فضربنا على آذانهم في الكهف سنين عددا ) أي : ألقينا عليهم النوم حين دخلوا إلى الكهف ، فناموا سنين كثيرة )