The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) faced numerous struggles in his blessed life. He fought off the armies of the disbelievers who tried to harm him and his people. The battle of Badr was the first battle in defence of Islam and the Muslims. This was a battle filled with miracles, made up of 313 believers who were low on equipment and 1000 disbelievers brandished with full armoury and weaponry. Regardless, however, Allah Almighty assisted the believers on this momentous day with Nur.

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Allah Almighty says:

اِذۡ تَقُوۡلُ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ اَلَنۡ يَّكۡفِيَكُمۡ اَنۡ يُّمِدَّكُمۡ رَبُّكُمۡ بِثَلٰثَةِ اٰلَافٍ مِّنَ الۡمَلٰٓٮِٕكَةِ مُنۡزَلِيۡنَؕ‏

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When you, Oh dear Prophet, said to the believers, “Is it not sufficient for you that your Lord may support you by sending down three thousand angels?”

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 بَلٰٓى ۙ اِنۡ تَصۡبِرُوۡا وَتَتَّقُوۡا وَيَاۡتُوۡكُمۡ مِّنۡ فَوۡرِهِمۡ هٰذَا يُمۡدِدۡكُمۡ رَبُّكُمۡ بِخَمۡسَةِ اٰلَافٍ مِّنَ الۡمَلٰٓٮِٕكَةِ مُسَوِّمِيۡنَ‏

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Yes, why not? If you patiently endure and remain pious, and the disbelievers attack you suddenly, your Lord will send down five thousand marked angels to help you.

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وَمَا جَعَلَهُ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا بُشۡرٰى لَـكُمۡ وَلِتَطۡمَٮِٕنَّ قُلُوۡبُكُمۡ بِهٖ‌ؕ وَمَا النَّصۡرُ اِلَّا مِنۡ عِنۡدِ اللّٰهِ الۡعَزِيۡزِ الۡحَكِيۡمِۙ‏

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And Allah did not bestow this victory except for your happiness, and only that your hearts may attain peace with it; and there is no help except from Allah, the Almighty, the Most-Wise.

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[Qur'an 3:124-126]

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Angels, beings of Nur, were sent to the believers to assist them in this battle. From the unseen realm, the realm of Nur, angels were sent to the battlefield and fought on the side of the believers, taking the lives of disbelievers with surprise and confoundment.

Not only was this to support the believers, but also to be a source of peace, contentment and reassurance that the Lord of the believers is real and is there to assist His People with His Power & Nur.

Similarly to how those beings of Nur came to help the believers on that day, Allah Almighty is able to help the believers today by sending angels to us for our protection and benefit. Many of the supplications and recitations that have been transmitted to us that we read bring about special angels and beings of Nur to assist us. These beings of Nur are able to protect us from darkness and also able to fight off dark forces.

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