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18:25
ولبثوا في كهفهم ثلاث ماية سنين وازدادوا تسعا ٢٥
وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَـٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍۢ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًۭا ٢٥
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They had remained in their cave for three hundred years, adding nine.1
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Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
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Ḥamzah
Kufah
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Kufah
Readings
مِئَةٍ
thalātha miʾatin sinīna
مِئَةِ
thalātha miʾati sinīna
“three hundred years”

Explanation

These readings represent linguistic options (contrary to the usual convention) for this construction, and are identical in meaning [al-Mahdawi].

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— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran