COMMENTARY on 4:41
A. Yusuf Ali:

Translation:
How then if We brought from each people a witness, and We brought you as a witness against these people! 560
Commentary:

560  Each Prophet and Leader is a witness for his People and his contemporaries - for those who accept Allah, and against those who reject Him.

 

Muhammad Asad:

Translation:
How, then, [will the sinners fare on Judgment Day,] when We shall bring forward witnesses from within every community, 52 and bring thee [O Prophet] as witness against them?
Commentary:
52  I.e., the earlier apostles, of whom every community or civilization has had a share.