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Badr is the only battle the Qur'an names outright

On 17 Ramadan in year 2 of the Hijra, which converts to 13 March 624, a small Muslim force met a far larger Makkan army at the wells of Badr, southwest of Madinah. The traditional count puts the Muslims at 313 men against roughly a thousand. The Qur'an refers to the day directly in Surah Al Imran, naming the place and reminding the community that it was given victory at Badr while it was weak. Prisoners taken that day were treated in a way that surprised their own side, and some literate captives were released in exchange for teaching Muslim children to write. It remains the single engagement the Qur'an mentions by name.

Wells of Badr · 17 Ramadan 2 AH, 13 March 624

Source · Qur'an 3:123