A125
Surah: 003 - Ayah: 125
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3:125
It is an extremely interesting, productive and beneficial question to ask: What are the occasions on which it is possible for angels to descend to the people of faith? You can see this as a special subject in the wise Qur’an. For instance, during the battle of Badr, by the command of God, the angels descended to help the army of Islam (3:125). They also descended in the battle of Ahzab (Allies) or Khandaq (Ditch) (33:9), battle of Hunayn (9:26), etc. Since this was the external jihad, therefore, the armies of angels did not appear to the Muslims. But in spiritual jihad, when they descend for the succour and help of the mu'mins they definitely appear, just as when the spiritual mujahids become shahid (martyr) in this life time, the angels talk to them (16:32; 41:30-32).
Musawwimin (Those who carry a mark)
During spiritual jihad, when angels come to help, they carry a mark, which consists of bearing the arms of the respective time, so that this may signal that they have come to help in the jihad. A mu'min can observe this miracle in wakefulness or in dream. Thus the companions of the holy Prophet had seen such a miracle in the battle of Badr (3:125).
Musawwimin (Those who carry a mark)
In the battle of Badr, the angels who had come to help the army of Islam, were with marked arms and in addition to the holy Prophet, they were seen by some of his companions too. This was the glad tidings and consolation related to the victory of the true religion in the future spiritual war and the war of knowledge (3:125-126).
This verse has been referred 4 times.