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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 25

سورة الكهف، الآية ٢٥

18:25 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 296 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:25

وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا ۝٢٥

Transliteration

walabithū fī kahfihim thalātha mi-atin sinīna wa-iz'dādū tis'ʿan

Translation

And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.786

Notes

[786] i.e., 309 lunar years.

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Verse 25 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:25), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 296 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 25

Al-Mukhtasar

The people of the cave remained in their cave for three hundred and nine years.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Kahf

Other translations of verse 25

They remained in their cave for three hundred years, plus nine17.

Notes

[17] i.e., 309 years.

And they stayed in their Cave three hundred (solar) years, adding nine (for lunar years). (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi)

And (it is said) they tarried in their Cave three hundred years and add nine.

So they stayed in their Cave three hundred years, and (some) add nine (more)

And they remained in their cave three hundred years and (some) add (another) nine.

And they lingered in their cave three hundred years, and to that they increased nine (more).

Verse 25 word by word

  1. وَلَبِثُوا۟ walabithū And they remained ل ب ث
  2. فِى fī in
  3. كَهْفِهِمْ kahfihim their cave ك ه ف
  4. ثَلَٰثَ thalātha (for) three ث ل ث
  5. مِا۟ئَةٍ mi-atin hundred م أ ي
  6. سِنِينَ sinīna years س ن و
  7. وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ wa-iz'dādū and add ز ي د
  8. تِسْعًا tis'ʿan nine ت س ع

Verses related to verse 25

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Kahf 18:63

    قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا

    He said, "Did you see when we retired to the rock? Indeed, I forgot [there] the fish. And none made me forget it except Satan - that I should mention it. And it took its course into the sea amazingly."

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