Jibril leading the Angels in the Battle of Badr
Allah says:
"Allah helped you at Badr when you were in a pitiful state, therefore be fearful of Allah, so that hopefully you might be thankful. When you said to the believers. 'Is it not enough for you that your Lord reinforced you with three thousand angels sent down?" No indeed! If you are steadfast and Godfearing and this time they come upon you suddenly, your Lord will reinforce you with five thou sand angels, clearly-marked. Allah only did this to be good news for you and so that your hearts would be made tranquil by it. Victory comes from none but Allah, the Mighty, the Wise." (3:123-126)
And He says in Surat al-Anfal:
"When your Lord was revealing to the angels, 'I am with you so make those who believe firm. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who reject, so strike their necka and strike every finger of them!"" (8:12)
The angels are the troops of Allah. He strikes with them any of
His slaves He wishes. Allah Almighty informs us that He helped the Muslims in the Battle of Badr by means of the angels in answer to their call for help and to strengthen them with the sup- port and feeling of tranquillity that the angels cast into their hearts.
Ar-Rabi b. Anas said, "Allah helped the Muslims with a thou- sand and then they became 3000 and then 5000."
Al-Bukhari says in his Sahih in the "Chapter of the Presence of the Angels at Badr" from Mu'adh b. Rifa'a b. Rafi az-Zurqi from his father who was one of the people of Badr. He said, "Jibril came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, "How do you gauge the people of Badr among you?" He said, "Among the best of the Muslims. He said, 'It is the same with those of the angels who were present at Badr."
Ar-Rabi' b. Anas said, "On the day of Badr people could see those who had been slain by the angels among the dead by the blows above the necks and on their fingertips which looked as if fire had burnt them." (Al-Bayhaqi transmitted it.)
Al-Qurtubi said, "The descent of the angels is one of the means of achieving victory which is in itself not necessary for the Almighty Lord but which His creatures do need. Therefore the heart should be connected to Allah and trust in Him, for He is the One who helps both through means and also without means. "Hix command when He desires something is but to say to it, Be!" and it is." (36:81) But He informed us about that so that creation would take note of the means which existed in the past which they were commanded to observe. "You will not find any changing in the practice of Allah." (33:62) That does not diminish trust in Allah in any way and it refutes those who say that means are only for the weak, not the strong. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his Companions were the strong and other people are the weak. This is clear."