Translation, Commentary & Explanation of Chapter 18 Al-Kahfi.
Literal Translation of verse 25.
And they stayed in their cave three hundred years andadd nine.
Commentary by Jalalain.
And they stayed in their cave 300 years.The calculation of 300 years was based on the countingsystem during the period of the Men of the Cave, which was based on the solar calendar. And when interpreted to the lunar calendar used by the Arabs, an addition of 9 yearsis necessary.
And they stayed in their cave 300 years.The calculation of 300 years was based on the countingsystem during the period of the Men of the Cave, which was based on the solar calendar. And when interpreted to the lunar calendar used by the Arabs, an addition of 9 yearsis necessary.
Commentary by Muhammad Asad.
And some people assert that they remained in their cavefor three hundred years, and some have added nine to that numbers.
And some people assert that they remained in their cavefor three hundred years, and some have added nine to that numbers.
Muhmmad Asad wrote in his footnote that Abdullah Ibnu Mas'ud, Qatadah, Tabari, Zamakhshari and Ibnu Kathir had their views noted in their marginal explanatory remarks oftheir commentary of the Quran, that this verse has connection with verse 22.
Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali.
So they stayed in their cave 300 hundred years, and some add 9 more.
[My understanding is that, 300 years in solar calendar would amount to 309 in lunar calendar. As this history was carried forward from the Christian sources, the narrationwas calculated based on Gregorian solar calendar, which when interpretated with Islamic lunar calendar is 309 years.]
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