Definitions for "Arafat"
Keywords:  mecca, pilgrim, makkah, hajj, hijjah
Arafat is a large open plane approximately eleven miles from Makkah. The 9th of Dhul-Hijjah is known as the Day of Arafat. Pilgrims spend it making du’a at Arafat and this is the essence of Hajj. For those not performing Hajj, fasting the Day of Arafat is highly recommended and atones for the preceding and coming year’s minor sins.
A plain and mountain situated to the north of Mecca. Pilgrims gather here between midday and sunset on the ninth day of Hajj to pray for Allah's forgiveness.
A desert location approximately nine miles east of Makkah where the pilgrim spends the 9th of Zul Hijjah as a rite of Hajj. The waqfa is performed at Arafat.
Palestinian statesman who is chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (born in 1929)