They remain standing at ʿArafah until sunset (1); they must not depart from it (2) before the sun has actually set. Once it has set (3) they may leave (4) either through the space between the two flag-posts or, if they prefer, to either side of them (5). Those first two posts (6) mark the boundary (7) of ʿArafah, and they are not to be crossed (8) until the sun has set. The two posts that follow mark the boundary of Muzdalifah, and the stretch between the two pairs is the valley floor of ʿUrnah (9).

During this late afternoon one should exert himself in remembrance (dhikr) and supplication (duʿāʾ); for Satan has never been seen on any day (10) to be smaller (11), more humiliated, more enraged, or more thwarted than on the eve of ʿArafah, because of what he witnesses of the descent (12) of mercy and of Allah—glorified is He—pardoning