Muhammad Habib Shakir: So We prevented them from hearing in the cave for a number of years.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali: Then We draw (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years, in the Cave, (so that they heard not):
M.Pickthall: Then We sealed up their hearing in the Cave for a number of years.
Amatul Rahmân Omer: So We sealed up their ears (to cut them off from the outside world) in their Place of Refuge for (only) a number of years.
Maulana Mohammad Ali: When the youths sought refuge in the Cave, they said: Our Lord, grant us mercy from Thyself, and provide for us a right course in our affair.
