The Angels of Badr, Help from the sky: The unseen in Islamic History

The unseen

The unseenHelp from the sky

The Angels of Badrملائكة بدر

Badr, 2 AH (624 CE), and later battlesBadr

Angels sent in ranks to strengthen the believers at Badr and in later battles.

At Badr the Muslims were few and begged Allah for help. He answered: I will reinforce you with a thousand angels, following one another. They made the believers firm and struck the enemy. The Quran also mentions unseen soldiers at Hunayn, in the cave of the Hijrah and at the Trench.

What does the Quran say?

[Remember] when you asked help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another."
Quran 8:9

8:9-12 3:123-126 9:26 9:40 33:9

The lesson

Victory comes only from Allah; the angels are a glad tiding to calm the heart.

Who else is linked?

Badr Muhammad ﷺ Jibril Abu Jahl State of Madinah

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺ Zayd ibn Haritha Heraclius Khosrow II Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali Abdullah ibn Mas'ud Talhah ibn Ubaydullah Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

Source: the Quran

Everyone and everything in the timeline

People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.