The Cave 18:25

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Arabic English Morphology
And they remained V
فِى
in Prep
their cave Noun
ثَلَٰثَ thalātha
(for) three Noun
hundred Noun
سِنِينَ sinīna
years Noun
and add V
تِسْعًا tis'ʿan
nine Noun

[Some say], ‘The sleepers stayed in their cave for three hundred years,’ some added nine more

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِی كَهۡفِهِمۡ ثَلَـٰثَ مِا۟ئَةࣲ سِنِینَ وَٱزۡدَادُوا۟ تِسۡعࣰا ۝٢٥

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