Why is there a number difference of angels in these two verses? Is it 1000 or 3000 or 5000 angels
(3:124-125 ):
>[Remember] when you said to the believers, "Is it not sufficient for you that your Lord should reinforce you with **three thousand angels** sent down?
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>Yes, if you remain patient and conscious of Allāh and they [i.e., the enemy] come upon you [attacking] in rage, your Lord will reinforce you with **five thousand angels** having marks [of distinction]."
(8:9 ):
>[Remember] when you were asking help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with **a thousand from the angels**, following one another."
People have interpreted it as a thousand following another thousand*
*Update: hadith almost never truly contradicts the Qur'an. So the Ibn Abbas interpretation, if reliable, is valid.
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Oct 17, 2022, 05:54 PM
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