The Quran

لَقَد نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ في مَواطِنَ كَثيرَةٍ ۙ وَيَومَ حُنَينٍ ۙ إِذ أَعجَبَتكُم كَثرَتُكُم فَلَم تُغنِ عَنكُم شَيئًا وَضاقَت عَلَيكُمُ الأَرضُ بِما رَحُبَت ثُمَّ وَلَّيتُم مُدبِرينَ

Mir Aneesuddin

(It was) Allah (Who) had helped you in many battle fields. And on the day of (the battle of) Hunian¹ your number which made you feel exalted, did not help you in any way and the earth, inspite of its being spacious, became constrained on you, then you turned back retreating.

Battle of Hunain (H. 8): This battle was fought at a place about 3 miles from Mecca. In this battle, muslims were more than ten thousand and outnumbered the enemy, the tribes of Hawazin and Saqeef being 4000. The large number of muslims led them to vanity with the result that they at first look to flight, but later the enemy surrendered. Contrary to Badr, in this battle muslims were more yet they initially faced defeat, this again establishes that victory does not depend on numbers but it depends on Allah's help.