Dua for the Day of Arafah
“Best dua of the Day of Arafah” is an authentic dua from the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, recorded in Jami at-Tirmidhi 3585. Read it below in Arabic with transliteration and an English translation, and learn when to say it.
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Transliteration: La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamd, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir.
Translation: There is no god but Allah alone, without partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.
Source: Jami at-Tirmidhi 3585
When to recite
Throughout the Day of Arafah (9 Dhul-Hijjah), by pilgrims at Arafah and by Muslims everywhere.
Virtue
The Prophet ﷺ said: “The best supplication is the supplication of the Day of Arafah, and the best of what I and the prophets before me have said is: La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah…”
About this dua
Narrated by Abdullah ibn ‘Amr. The same words, said one hundred times on any day, carry the reward of freeing ten slaves, one hundred good deeds recorded, one hundred sins erased and protection from Shaytan until evening (Sahih al-Bukhari 6403). Arafah is the heart of Hajj, and Muslims who are not on pilgrimage are encouraged to fast on this day and spend it in dua and dhikr.
Source and authenticity
- Reference: Jami at-Tirmidhi 3585
- Grading: Graded hasan by al-Albani.
- Read the source: Jami at-Tirmidhi 3585
The English translation is our own, kept close to the Arabic. Hadith numbers follow the standard numbering used on sunnah.com.
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