خَيْرُ الدُّعَاءِ دُعَاءُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ وَخَيْرُ مَا قُلْتُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّونَ مِن قَبْلِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Khayrud-du'a'i du'a'u yawmi 'Arafah, wa khayru ma qultu ana wan-nabiyyuna min qabli: La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa Huwa 'ala kulli shay'in Qadir
The best supplication is on the Day of Arafah, and the best thing I and the prophets before me have said is: There is no deity except Allah, alone without partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things capable.
Arafah — the day Allah descends to the lowest heaven and boasts to the angels about the pilgrims standing in the heat, disheveled, dusty, calling upon Him. More people are freed from the Hellfire on this day than any other. The Prophet ﷺ said the best words for this best day are the simplest declaration of tawhid — the same phrase said by every prophet from Adam (AS) to Muhammad ﷺ. One sentence, unchanged across all of prophetic history.
Related Du'as
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Allah is the Greatest. (Said with each of the seven pebbles thrown at the Jamarat.)
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا وَاسِعًا وَشِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ
O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, abundant provision, and a cure from every disease.
Hasanاللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا بَيْتُكَ وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ حَمَلْتَنِي عَلَى مَا سَخَّرْتَ لِي حَتَّى بَلَّغْتَنِي بَيْتَكَ وَأَعَنْتَنِي عَلَى أَدَاءِ نُسُكِي فَإِنْ كُنتَ رَضِيتَ عَنِّي فَازْدَدْ عَنِّي رِضًا
O Allah, this is Your House and I am Your servant, son of Your servant. You carried me on what You have made subservient for me until You brought me to Your House and helped me perform my rites. If You are pleased with me, then increase Your pleasure in me.
Hasanاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ أَنْجَزَ وَعْدَهُ وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ وَهَزَمَ الْأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ
Allah is the Greatest (three times). There is no deity except Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is capable of all things. There is no deity except Allah alone. He fulfilled His promise, gave victory to His servant, and defeated the confederates alone.
Sahih