And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded (18:25)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

They (Ahl AL- Kitab surmised that they -the young men-) remained dormant in the Cave for three hundred years -solar calendar- with an additional nine years -lunar calendar

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(18:25) -and some people say that they remained in their ' Cave for three hundred years and some others add nine more years *25

And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded meaning

*25) This sentence is connected with the theme preceding the parenthetical clause like this: "Some people wilt say, `They were three and the fourth was their do:.....' and some people will say that they remained in the Cave for three hundred years and some others would add nine more years (to the reckoning of the period)". We are of the opinion that the number of the years "300 and 309" have not been stated by AIIah Himself but Allah has cited these as sayings of the people. "this opinion is based on this succeeding sentence: "Allah knows best about the period of their stay there. If the number of years, given in v. 25, had been from ;>Allah, this succeeding sentence would have been meaningless. hadrat `Abdullah bin 'Abbas has also opined that this is not the saying of Allah but that of the people which has been cited as a part of the story.
 

And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded meaning in Urdu

اور وہ اپنے غار میں تین سو سال رہے، اور (کچھ لوگ مدّت کے شمار میں) ۹ سال اور بڑھ گئے ہیں