The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“The best duʿā’ is the duʿā’ of the day of ʿArafah. The best of what I and the Prophets before me have said is…”

لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ ، وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ

Some Points Surrounding ʿArafah

• Greatest day of Ḥajj (greater pilgrimage)
• Sins are forgiven
• Huge number are emancipated from hell-fire; Satan is despondent on this day
• The religion of Islam was completed on this day
• Fasting on this day wipes away the sins of the past year and the upcoming year
• A day of supplication; Prophet ﷺ supplicated from Ẓuhr to Maghrib during the farewell pilgrimage, showing true humility to Allah