Qabasقَدۡ كَانَ لَكُمۡ ءَايَةٞ فِي فِئَتَيۡنِ ٱلۡتَقَتَاۖ فِئَةٞ تُقَٰتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَأُخۡرَىٰ كَافِرَةٞ يَرَوۡنَهُم مِّثۡلَيۡهِمۡ رَأۡيَ ٱلۡعَيۡنِۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصۡرِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ ١٣
Qad kāna lakum āyatun fī fi ataynil-taqatā fi atun tuqātilu fī sabīlillāhi wa ukhrā kāfiratun yarawnahum mithlayhim ra'yal-'ayni wallāhu yu'ayyidu binasrihī man yashā'u inna fī dhālika la'ibratal li ulil-absār
Already there has been for you a sign in the two armies which met [in combat at Badr] - one fighting in the cause of Allāh and another of disbelievers. They saw them [to be] twice their [own] number by [their] eyesight.118 But Allāh supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed in that is a lesson for those of vision.
Footnotes
118 The believers saw the disbelievers to be double their own number preceding the battle of Badr, while, in fact, they were three times their number.