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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 11

سورة الكهف، الآية ١١

18:11 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 294 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:11

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا ۝١١

Transliteration

faḍarabnā ʿalā ādhānihim fī l-kahfi sinīna ʿadadan

Translation

So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.

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Verse 11 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:11), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 294 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 11

Al-Mukhtasar

Then after they went and took refuge in the cave, I put a barrier on their ears from hearing, and I put them to sleep for many years.

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Other translations of verse 11

Then We caused them to fall into a deep sleep in the cave for many years.

Therefore We covered up their (sense of) hearing (causing them to go in deep sleep) in the Cave for a number of years.

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

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

So We prevented them from hearing in the cave for a number of years.

Then We struck upon their ears for a (great) number of years in the cave.

Verse 11 word by word

فَضَرَبْنَا faḍarabnā So We cast ض ر ب
عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā over
ءَاذَانِهِمْ ādhānihim their ears أ ذ ن
فِى fī in
ٱلْكَهْفِ l-kahfi the cave ك ه ف
سِنِينَ sinīna years س ن و
عَدَدًا ʿadadan a number ع د د

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