As pilgrims continue to arrive the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ahead of 2026 Hajj exercise scheduled to commence on Monday, Head of Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais, has announced that this year’s Arafat Day sermon will be translated into 35 international languages, including Hausa and Yoruba.

According to Al-Sudais, the Presidency of Religious Affairs would not only translate the sermon to be delivered by Sheikh Ali bin Abdulrahman Al-Hudhaifi, an Iman and preacher in the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, into the 35 languages, but also broadcast same via digital platforms and channels affiliated with the Presidency.

This, he said, is aimed at conveying the message of Islam and the content of the sermon to Muslims across the world, adding that the translation is an extension of efforts being made the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to serve Islam and Muslims.

Al-Sudais further said that the Presidency of Religious Affairs has accumulated experiences over the years in the translation project, noting that the initiative is meant to enrich religious content in various languages and enable non-Arabic speaking Muslims to benefit from the contents of Arafat sermon.

He informed that the languages approved for translating the Arafat sermon are:

English; French; Indonesian; Urdu; Turkish; Persian; Spanish; Chinese; Russian; Bengali; Hindi; Malay; Amharic; Hausa and Swahili.

Others, according to him, are: Somali; Pashto; Punjabi; Tamil; Filipino; Bosnian; German; Italian; Portuguese; Swedish; Uzbek; Tajik; Nepali; Sinhala; Malayalam; Oromo; Tigrinya; Yoruba, Ugandan and Lithuanian.

This year’s five-day Hajj exercise will commence, on Monday, when pilgrims will depart from Makkah for Mina, also known as Tent City, to begin their Hajj journey. They will converge on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabbal Rahma (Mount of Mercy) and its valley on Tuesday. The Day of Arafat marks the Zenith of Hajj exercise.

Pilgrims will spend the next three days to, among other activities, stone pebbles at the Jamarat, while the exercise will come to an end on May 29, when pilgrims are expected to return to Makkah, preparatory to their departure for their various countries.

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