And in Surah Al-Imran, the statement of Allah, the Exalted: "And remember when you (O Muhammad) left your household in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing." And in the same Surah, the statement of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "So do not lose heart and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers. If a wound has touched you, be sure a similar wound has touched the others. Such days (of varying fortunes) We give to men by turns, so that Allah may make evident those who believe and may take to Himself from among you martyrs—and Allah does not like the wrongdoers—and that Allah may purify the believers [through trials] and destroy the disbelievers. Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allah has not yet made evident those of you who strive [in His cause] and made evident those who are steadfast? And you certainly wished for death before you met it, and now you have seen it [with your own eyes] ." And the statement of Allah, the Exalted: "And Allah certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them by His permission, until [the moment] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then He turned you away from them so He might test you. And He has forgiven you, and Allah is the possessor of bounty for the believers." (And the verse:) "And do not think of those who are killed in the way of Allah as dead..." to the end of the verse.

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: On the day of Uhud. the Prophet said, "This is Gabriel holding the head of his horse and equipped with war material.'