Hajj Sermons to be heard in Bengali and 20 languages

The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques is preparing to launch the largest-ever translation project for the Arafat sermon, aiming to reach one billion listeners across the world in 20 languages.

The project, named after the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, aims to promote religious tolerance, moderation, and peace in the Kingdom of Islam, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

This is the eighth-year in a row for the Arafat Sermon to be translated in multiple languages.

Sermon will be translated into French, English, Persian, Urdu, Hausa, Russian, Turkish, Punjabi, Chinese, Malay, Swahili, Spanish, Portuguese, Amharic, German, Swedish, Italian, Malayalam, Bosnian, Filipino and Bengali.

The Arafat Day marks the climax of the annual pilgrimage of Haj, which will begin on June 5/6. The standing at Arafat, one of the four pillars of Haj and the most important ritual of the annual pilgrimage, will start after the Arafat sermon and performance of Dhuhr and Asr prayers in combined and shortened form.