Quran 4:159 Translations ⓘ

An-Nisa (the Women) 4:159

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

Transliteration

Wain min ahli alkitabi illa layuminanna bihi qabla mawtihi wayawma alqiyamati yakoonu AAalayhim shaheedan

Ahmad 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.

Ali Qarai

There is none among the People of the Book but will surely believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Resurrection, he will be a witness against them.

Amhad Khan

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

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.

Corpus Quran

And (there is) not from (the) People (of) the Book but surely he believes in him before his death. And (on the) Day (of) the Resurrection he will be against them a witness.

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.

Hilali & 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.

Maududi

There are none among the People of the Book but will believe in him before his death, and he will be a witness against them on the Day of Resurrection.

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.

Muhammad 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.

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 -

Qaribullah

There is not one of the People of the Book but will surely believe in him (Prophet Jesus) before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them.

Sahih Intl

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

Talal Itani

There is none from 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.

Wahihuddin Khan

There is none among the People of the Book but will believe in it before his death; and on the Day of Resurrection he shall be a witness against them.

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;-