What is Mount Arafat?
[[File:Mount Arafat.jpg|thumb|Mount Arafat]] [[File:Day of Hajj. Mecca, Saudi Arabia.jpg|thumb|Plain of Arafat during the Hajj, {{circa}} 2003]] [[File:Arafat pilgrims.jpg|thumb|Pilgrims [[Supplication|supplicating]] on the Plains of Arafat]] '''Mount Arafat''' or '''Mount Arafah''' ({{lang-ar|{{large|جبل عرفات}}}} [[Arabic transliteration|transliterated]] ''Jabal ‘Arafāt'') is a [[granite]] [[hill]] east of [[Mecca]] in the plain of [[Arafat, Makkah|Arafat]]. Arafat is a plain about {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Mecca]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com.sa/maps/dir/Mt+Arafat/Mecca/@21.3850184,39.8410552,12zdata=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x15e9fdbfebe918df:0x6cfad77937cbd28e!2m2!1d40.0027778!2d21.3666667!1m5!1m1!1s0x15c21b4ced818775:0x98ab2469cf70c9ce!2m2!1d39.8166667!2d21.4166667!3e0|title=خرائط Google}}</ref> Mount Arafat reaches about {{convert|70|m|ft|abbr=on}} in height and is also known as the '''Mount of Mercy''' (''Jabal ar-Rahmah''). According to [[Islam]]ic tradition, the hill is the place where the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] stood and delivered [[the Farewell Sermon]] to the Muslims who had accompanied him for the [[Hajj]] towards the end of his life. On the 9th of the month of [[Dhu al-Hijjah]] pilgrims go to Arafat from [[Mina, Saudi Arabia|Mina]], for the most important part of the [[Hajj]]. The [[Khutbah]] of Hajj is narrated and [[Zuhr prayer]] and [[Asr prayer]] are prayed together. The pilgrims spend the whole day on the mountain to supplicate to [[Allah]] to forgive their sins and to pray for personal strength in the future. == Hajj == Arafah rituals end at sunset and pilgrims then move to [[Muzdalifah]] for a shortened [[Maghrib (Prayer)|Maghrib Prayer]] and [[Isha prayer]] and for a short rest. The level area surrounding the hill is called the '''Plain of Arafat'''. The term Mount Arafah is sometimes applied to this entire area. It is an important place in Islam because during the Hajj, pilgrims spend the afternoon there on the ninth day of [[Dhul Hijjah]] (ذو