Surah Al-Kahf — Verse 11

The Cave · 18:11 · 11/110

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا

Fadarabna AAala athanihimfee alkahfi sineena AAadada

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

We sealed their ears [with sleep] in the cave for years.

Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So, We sealed up their hearing (putting them to sleep) in the Cave for a number of years.

Al-Hilali & Khan

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

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

We lulled them to sleep in that cave for a number of years