وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَـٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவர்கள் தங்கள் குகையில் முன்னூறு வருடங்களுடன் மேலும் ஒன்பது அதிகமாக்கி (முன்னூற்றி ஒன்பது வருடங்கள்) தங்கினார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද ඔවුහු ඔවුන්ගේ ලෙන තුළ වසර තුන්සීයක් රැඳී සිටියෝ ය. තවද ඔවුහු (තවත් වසර) නවයක් අමතරව එකතු කළහ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- وه لوگ اپنے غار میں تین سو سال تک رہے اور نو سال اور زیاده گزارے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- さて，かれらが洞窟に滞留したのは，3百と9年であった。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们在山洞里逗留了三百年，（按阴历算）他们又加九年。
Tafsir of 18:25
The Length of their Stay in the Cave Here 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. The difference between one hundred lunar years and one hundred solar years is three years, which is why after mentioning three hundred, Allah says, `adding nine.' قُلِ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُواْ (Say: "Allah knows best how long they stayed...") `If you are asked about how long they stayed, and you have no knowledge of that and no revelation from Allah about it, then do not say anything. Rather say something like this: اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُواْ لَهُ غَيْبُ السَّمَوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ (Allah knows best how long they stayed. With Him is (the knowledge of) the Unseen of the heavens and the earth.)" meaning, no one knows about that except Him, and whoever among His creatures He chooses to tell.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
