Haj 2023: Arafat Day sermon to be translated into 20 languages

Monitor News Desk

Riyadh:  Arafat Day sermon will be translated into 20 languages, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

The translation of Arafat’s sermon is one of the most important tasks undertaken by the Agency within the framework of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques translation project.

This is the sixth year in a row for the Arafat sermon to be translated into multiple languages.

These include: 

French

English

Persian

Urdu

Hausa

Russian

Turkish

Punjabi

Chinese

Malay

Swahili

Spanish

Portuguese

Amharic

German

Swedish

Italian

Malayalam

Bosnian

Filipino

On June 19, the custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman issued a royal order, assigning Sheikh Youssef bin Mohammad Bin Saeed, to deliver the sermon on Arafat Day.

The Arafat Day marks the climax of the annual pilgrimage of Haj, which will begin on Thursday, July 26.

The standing at Arafat, one of the four pillars of Haj and the most important ritual of the annual pilgrimage will start after the Arafat sermon and performance of Dhuhr and Asr prayers in combined and shortened forms.

Arafat’s sermon is usually broadcast live around the world.

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