Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:159

4:159

وَإِن مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِۦ ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا

wa-in min ahli l-kitābi illā layu'minanna bihi qabla mawtihi wayawma l-qiyāmati yakūnu ʿalayhim shahīdan

And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in him [i.e., Jesus] before his death. And on the Day of Resurrection he will be against them a witness.

— Saheeh International

There is not one of the People of the Book who will not believe in [Jesus] before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them.)

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And there is none of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) but must believe in him [‘Îsâ (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), as only a Messenger of Allâh and a human being] before his [‘Îsâ (Jesus) عليه السلام) or a Jew’s or a Christian’s] death (at the time of the appearance of the angel of death). And on the Day of Resurrection, he [‘Îsâ (Jesus)] will be a witness against them.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَإِنwa-inAnd (there is) not
مِّنْminfrom
أَهْلِahli(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
إِلَّاillābut
لَيُؤْمِنَنَّlayu'minannasurely he believes
بِهِۦbihiin him
قَبْلَqablabefore
مَوْتِهِۦۖmawtihihis death
وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
يَكُونُyakūnuhe will be
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
شَهِيدًۭاshahīdana witness