Arafat

It is said that Arafat is hajj. After experiencing Arafat I can understand the meaning of this. All of hajj was an experience that was unexplainable, but I will try to explain some of my interpretation of what happened.

On the 10th of Dhul Hijira you go to a place called Arafat. This place was where Adam and Eve were reunited after 200 years, this was the place the prophet gave the his last khutba, where Adam was forgiven, it is also called the Mountains of Mercy. All of these incredible things happened here, there is another incredible thing that happened there, it was me.
On the day of Arafat you are supposed to be there by Dhur and leave after sunset. There is no special prayer or duah or any other rituals. Dhur and Asr are shortened and combined and there is nothing else to do except make duah.

When I stood up with my hands raised facing the kabba to make duah there the first time, you understand this is truly a special day, there are no words to describe the feelings, it is like an emotion that I have not experienced before, its almost like some of the other emotions are a part of this Afarat feeling. Some of the things that I felt are euphoria, happiness, joy, understanding, calm, contentment, being satisfied, being fullfilled, a feeling of having all of your needs being fufilled. These are some of the things that I felt while making duah, each time the feelings intensified and finally at the end of the day at sunset all of these feelings became almost overwhelming. At the time when the sun was setting, everyone was standing with their hands raised facing the Qiblah, there was no sound to be heard except for the silent sobbing, there were millions of people there and they all seemed to be doing the same thing. The appearance of the sky was something that I have not seen before, it was as if this sky was for those of us on Arafat seeking Allah's mercy. The scene was surreal, this in combination with the feeling made this experience unlike any other. By the time the sun set it was like all of the previous experiences came to a pinnical and it was overwhelming. At this moment is something I have no words for, and cannot explain. Allah is Great.

After this moment, after this experience things are not the same. It takes a couple of day to recover from this. I feel that my life is better, in a way that I do not know how to explain. I Love Allah.