Sayyiduna al-Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I said to Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him): "O uncle! Tell me about your situation on the day of Badr." He said: "Read the verses after one hundred and twenty in Surah Al Imran and you will find mention of our situation. (Allah Almighty says:) 'And when you went out in the morning from your household to post the believers at their positions for battle', up to: 'When two parties among you were about to lose courage.'" (Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) said:) "They were the ones who sought safety from the polytheists. (Allah Almighty says:) 'And you used to wish for death (that is, martyrdom) before you encountered it (the enemy); now you have seen it (that is, the battle, the cause of death or martyrdom), while you were looking on (at the state of the battle).' So he (the enemy) wished to encounter the believers. The verses go up to: (Allah Almighty says:) 'When you were killing them (that is, the disbelievers) by His (that is, the Lord's) permission.'"
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains Yahya bin Abd al-Hamid al-Himmani, who is da'if (weak).