Quran 18:11 Translations

Al-Kahf (The Cave) 18:11

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَى آذَانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا

Transliteration

Fadarabna AAala athanihim fee alkahfi sineena AAadadan

Ahmad Ali

We sealed off their ears in the cave for a number of years,

Ali Qarai

So We put them to sleep in the Cave for several years.

Amhad Khan

We then thumped upon their ears in the Cave for a number of years. (* Put them to sleep.)

Arberry

Then We smote their ears many years in the Cave.

Corpus Quran

So We cast over their ears in the cave years - a number.

Daryabadi

Wherefore We put a covering over their ears in the cave for a number of years.

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.

Maududi

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

Muhammad Sarwar

We sealed their ears in the cave for a number of years.

Muhammad Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Qaribullah

For many years We sealed up their hearing in the Cave,

Sahih Intl

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

Talal Itani

Then We sealed their ears in the cave for a number of years.

Wahihuddin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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