The Quran

سورة النِّسَاء

Surah Al-Nisâ’ 4:159

The Women · Verse 159 of 176

وَإِنْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ ۖ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

And there is none of the people of the Scripture (- the Jews and the Christians) but most certainly will believe in this (incident, that Jesus died on the cross) before his (actual) death, (while as a matter of fact they have no sure knowledge about Jesus dying on the cross). And on the Day of Resurrection he (- Jesus) will be a witness against them.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness against them;-

Ahmed Ali

There is not one among the people of the Book who will not believe in it before his death; and he will be a witness over them on the Day of Resurrection.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Yet there is none of the People of the Book but will, before the moment of his death, (grasp the truth about Jesus and) believe in him (though that belief will be of no benefit to them then); and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them.

Daryabadi

And there is none among the people of the Book but shall surely believe in him before his death, and on the Day of Judgement he shall be a witness against them.

Faridul Haque

There is not one of the People given the Book(s), who will not believe in him (Eisa ) before his Eisa´s death; and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And there is none of the People of the Book but will believe in this before his death; and on the day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And there is none among the People of the Book but will continue to believe in it before his death; and on the Day of Resurrection, he (Jesus) shall 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.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And there is none of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), but must believe in him ['Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), as only a Messenger of Allah and a human being], before his ['Iesa (Jesus) 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 ['Iesa (Jesus)] will be a witness against them.

Muhammad Pickthall

There is not one of the People of the Scripture but will believe in him before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them -

Muhammad Sarwar

There will be no one among the People of the Book who will not believe (a belief of no value) in him (Jesus) before their deaths. On the Day of Judgment, (Jesus) will testify against them.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And there is not one of the followers of the Book but most certainly believes in this before his death, and on the day of resurrection he (Isa) shall be a witness against them.

Rashad Khalifa

Everyone among the people of the scripture was required to believe in him before his death. On the Day of Resurrection, he will be a witness against them.

Shabbir Ahmed

Before their demise, everyone among the People of the Book must believe (in the truth stated above in 4:157-158). Jesus will be a witness against them on the Day of Resurrection.