← Surah 4

4:159

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

Word by word

وَإِن
And (there is) not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — resumption، prefix
إِنPreposition — negative
مِّنْ
from
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنْPreposition — preposition
أَهْلِ
(the) People
Noun
Root: أهل
Grammar (i'rab)
أَهْلِNoun — masculine، genitive
ٱلْكِتَٰبِ
(of) the Book
Noun
Root: كتب
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
كِتَٰبِNoun — masculine، genitive
إِلَّا
but
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَّاPreposition — restriction
لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ
surely he believes
Verb
Root: أمن
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix
يُؤْمِنَVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
نَّPreposition — emphasis، suffix
بِهِۦ
in him
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
هِۦNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. sing.
قَبْلَ
before
Noun
Root: قبل
Grammar (i'rab)
قَبْلَNoun — time adverb، accusative
مَوْتِهِۦ
his death
Noun
Root: موت
Grammar (i'rab)
مَوْتِNoun — masculine، genitive
هِۦNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
وَيَوْمَ
And (on the) Day
Noun
Root: يوم
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — resumption، prefix
يَوْمَNoun — time adverb، masculine، accusative
ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
(of) the Resurrection
Noun
Root: قوم
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
قِيَٰمَةِNoun — fem. plur.، genitive
يَكُونُ
he will be
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
يَكُونُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
عَلَيْهِمْ
against them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَيْPreposition — preposition
هِمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
شَهِيدًا
a witness
Noun
Root: شهد
Grammar (i'rab)
شَهِيدًاNoun — masc. sing.، indefinite، accusative

Translation

EN

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;-

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

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 Haleemall-rights-reserved

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 -

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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 Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Kitap ehlinden, ölmeden önce, İsa'ya inanmayacak yoktur. O, gerektiği gibi inanmadıklarından, kıyamet günü onların aleyhine şahit olur.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Kitap ehlinden hiçbir kimse yoktur ki, ölmeden önce ona (İsa'ya) iman etmiş olmasın. Kıyamet gününde o, onlara şahitlik edecektir.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Kitap ehlinden her biri, (kendi) ölümünden önce ona (İsa’ya) elbette iman etmektedir. Kıyamet gününde de (İsa), onlara (aleyhte) şahit olacaktır.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وإنه لا يبقى أحدٌ من أهل الكتاب بعد نزول عيسى آخر الزمان إلا آمن به قبل موته عليه السلام، ويوم القيامة يكون عيسى -عليه السلام- شهيدًا بتكذيب مَن كذَّبه، وتصديق مَن صدَّقه.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

Where this verse appears

Topics
DeathFaithRevelation & ScripturesTestimonyTruthfulness & Trust