Translation of the meanings Ayah 159 Surah An-Nisā’ - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 159

وَإِن مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ إِلَّا لَيُؤۡمِنَنَّ بِهِۦ قَبۡلَ مَوۡتِهِۦۖ وَيَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ شَهِيدٗا

159. There is none of the followers of the (earlier) Scripture (Jews and Christians) but most certainly believe in him before his death73, and on the Day of Resurrection he (Jesus) will be a witness against them.

73. Before his death," has two interpretations: before Jesus’ death after his descent from the heavens, or a Jew’s or a Christian’s death, at the time of the appearance of the angel of death when he will realize that Jesus was only a human, a prophet, and a messenger of Allāh, and had no share in divinity. Allāh is Divine, not the Messiah.