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Those who say that Allah is the third of three are unbelievers. There is
no deity but Allah, [Who is] One. (Surat al-Ma'ida: 73)
(Very few people believed in the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) when he

first came to Earth, and the promise revealed in the verse "I will
place the people who follow you above those who do not believe
until the Day of Resurrection" had not yet come about.) Therefore,
those people who follow the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) must appear
on his second coming to Earth at a time close to the Last Hour,
and they will be raised above the unbelievers until the Day
of Judgment.
2) There is not one of the People of the Book who will not believe
in him before he dies; and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a
witness against them. (Surat an-Nisa': 159)
The him here stands for the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), as the
next verses make clear:

… and their saying: "We killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary,
Messenger of Allah." They did not kill him and they did not
crucify him, but it was made to seem so to them.
Those who argue about him are in doubt about it.
They have no real knowledge of it, just
conjecture. But they certainly did not
kill him. Allah raised him up to
Himself. Allah is Almighty, All-
Wise. (Surat an-Nisa': 157-158)

Some scholars interpret be-
fore he dies as meaning before the
death of the People
of the Book (Jews
and Christians).
In this case, every
Jew and Christian