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Standing at Arafat
As for standing at Arafat; recall when you behold thronging crowds, hear the loud
voices speaking in many tongues, and see the various groups following their
Imams through the ritual observances, matching their actions to theirs, recall the
site of the Resurrection; the gathering of the communities with their Prophets and
leaders, each community following its Prophet, aspiring after his intercession, all
wavering with equal uncertainty between rejection and acceptance. After that
recollection, set your heart on supplication and entreaty to Allah, that you may be
resurrected in the company of the mercifully successful; make certain your hope
of being answered, for the place is noble and mercy reaches all creatures from
the majesty of the Divine presence through the venerable hearts of the mainstays
of the earth. The standing place is never devoid of a generation of the saintly and
holy, nor a generation of the righteous and magnanimous. When their aspirations
are joined, their hearts devoted exclusively to humble supplication and entreaty,
their hands raised to Allah, their necks outstretched and their eyes turned
heavenward, as they aspire of one accord in quest of mercy, do not suppose that
He will disappoint their hopes, frustrate their endeavor or begrudge them an
As for standing at Arafat; recall when you behold thronging crowds, hear the loud
voices speaking in many tongues, and see the various groups following their
Imams through the ritual observances, matching their actions to theirs, recall the
site of the Resurrection; the gathering of the communities with their Prophets and
leaders, each community following its Prophet, aspiring after his intercession, all
wavering with equal uncertainty between rejection and acceptance. After that
recollection, set your heart on supplication and entreaty to Allah, that you may be
resurrected in the company of the mercifully successful; make certain your hope
of being answered, for the place is noble and mercy reaches all creatures from
the majesty of the Divine presence through the venerable hearts of the mainstays
of the earth. The standing place is never devoid of a generation of the saintly and
holy, nor a generation of the righteous and magnanimous. When their aspirations
are joined, their hearts devoted exclusively to humble supplication and entreaty,
their hands raised to Allah, their necks outstretched and their eyes turned
heavenward, as they aspire of one accord in quest of mercy, do not suppose that
He will disappoint their hopes, frustrate their endeavor or begrudge them an