A124
Surah: 003 - Ayah: 124
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3:124
One of the secrets of why the respect and well-wishing of the mumins is specifically necessary, lies in this Qur'anic verse: "(0 Messenger remember!) when thou saidst to the believers, "Is it not enough for you that your Lord should help you with three thousand angels sent down upon you? Yea; if you are patient and god-fearing, and If foe come against you suddenly, your Lord will help you with five thousand angels with signs (musawwimin)" (3:124-125). From this verse, on the one hand, it reveals that the Divine succor and help comes through angels, who are the souls of the mumins, and on the other, it is alluded that as the Divine help is possible in the external jihad, similarly, it is also possible in the internal jihad. And the internal jihad is the jihad of knowledge in which there is fierce fighting against ignorance.
The fundamental realities of religion become clear if we examine them in the light of the time of Prophethood. It is said in the Qur’an, in difficult times during jihad, when help was needed, the angels by the command of God, used to help the army of Islam fully (3:124-125; 8:9), and the law of mercy necessitates that they should help in the greater jihad also. For, what is decided about a group is also applicable to an individual. For angels are the friends of mu'mins (41:29-30) and whenever help is sought, it is answered (8:9) and Divine help is always possible (58:22). Thus, you should understand that, with the other angels, Hazrat `Izra'il also is a friend of the mu'mins. And the way he is the angel of death, he is also the angel of taqwa. For, he pulls out many kinds of germs from the mu'mins, as a result of good deeds and abundant dhikr or giryah-u zari.
Every word of the noble Qur’an, in its place, is a bright reality. Therefore it is extremely useful to know in the very light of the holy Qur’an, whether the glad tidings which is given by God and the Prophet is related to the collective state of mu'mins, or is it possible individually, according to their trial? The answer is that the real glad tidings is received individually, in a spiritual form or in the state of dream. (Read “Allusions of Dream” in Qur'anic Healing). For, the great glad tidings is received as a result of the major jihad, which is to fight against one's carnal soul. The great companions of the Prophet used to receive the collective glad tidings in the time of Prophethood as a result of the minor or external jihad (3:124-26; 8:9-10) in the form of the descent of angels. This shows that glad tidings is an extremely great thing.
This verse has been referred 3 times.