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فَضَرَبْنَا عَلٰٓى اٰذَانِهِمْ فِى الْكَهْفِ سِنِيْنَ عَدَدًاۙ   ( الكهف: ١١ )

faḍarabnā
فَضَرَبْنَا
So We cast
ʿalā
عَلَىٰٓ
over
ādhānihim
ءَاذَانِهِمْ
their ears
فِى
in
l-kahfi
ٱلْكَهْفِ
the cave
sinīna
سِنِينَ
years -
ʿadadan
عَدَدًا
a number

Fadarabnaa 'alaaa aazaanihim fil Kahfi seneena 'adadaa (al-Kahf 18:11)

Sahih International:

So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years. (Al-Kahf [18] : 11)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

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