—charge!’ When Iblis saw the angels he recoiled and turned on his heels, declaring, “Indeed, I disown you; I see what you do not see” (al-Anfāl 8:48). He had assumed the appearance of Surāqah.
Abū Jahl then advanced, urging on his men and shouting, “Do not let Surāqah’s desertion scare you; he has a prior arrangement with Muhammad and his companions.” He added, “By al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā, we shall not go back until we have bound Muhammad and his followers with ropes! Do not kill them—seize them alive.”
Both Ṣaḥīḥ collections relate from Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ: “On the Day of Uḥud I saw, to the Prophet’s right and to his left, two men clothed in white fighting with the utmost intensity on behalf of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. I had never seen them before that day, nor afterwards.” He was referring to Gabriel and Michael, peace be upon them.
The Two Ṣaḥīḥs also report from ʿĀʾishah: “Saʿd was wounded on the Day of the Trench …”