Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 159 (4:159)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَإِن مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِۦ ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكُونُ …

Quran 4:159 is ayah 159 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 103 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:159
وَإِنمِّنْأَهْلِٱلْكِتَٰبِإِلَّالَيُؤْمِنَنَّبِهِۦقَبْلَمَوْتِهِۦ ۖوَيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِيَكُونُعَلَيْهِمْشَهِيدًا١٥٩
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.(159)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنwa-inAnd (there is) not
  2. مِّنْminfrom
  3. أَهْلِahli(the) People
  4. ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
  5. إِلَّاillābut
  6. لَيُؤْمِنَنَّlayu'minannasurely he believes
  7. بِهِۦbihiin him
  8. قَبْلَqablabefore
  9. مَوْتِهِۦ ۖmawtihihis death
  10. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (on the) Day
  11. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
  12. يَكُونُyakūnuhe will be
  13. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
  14. شَهِيدًاshahīdana witness

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