Quran 4:159 — An-Nisaa, verse 159
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.)
وَإِنْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ ۖ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا
wa-in min ahli l-kitābi illā layu'minanna bihi qabla mawtihi wayawma l-qiyāmati yakūnu ʿalayhim shahīdan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- There is not one of the People of the Book but will assuredly believe in him before his death, and on the Resurrection Day he will be a witness against them.
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet there is not one of the followers of earlier revelation who does not, at the moment of his death, grasp the truth about Jesus; and on the Day of Resurrection he [himself] shall bear witness to the truth against them.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And (there is) not | — |
| 2 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 3 | أَهْلِahli | (the) People | أهل |
| 4 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 5 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 6 | لَيُؤْمِنَنَّlayu'minanna | surely he believes | أمن |
| 7 | بِهِۦbihi | in him | — |
| 8 | قَبْلَqabla | before | قبل |
| 9 | مَوْتِهِۦ ۖmawtihi | his death | موت |
| 10 | وَيَوْمَwayawma | And (on the) Day | يوم |
| 11 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 12 | يَكُونُyakūnu | he will be | كون |
| 13 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | against them | — |
| 14 | شَهِيدًۭاshahīdan | a witness | شهد |