ARAFAT, or GIBEL EL ORFAT, the mountain of knowledge, a mountain in Arabia near Mecca. The Mahometans ſay this was the place where Adam firſt met with and knew his wife Eve after their expulſion from Paradise. This mountain not being large enough to contain all the devotees that come annually in pilgrimage to Mecca, ſtones are ſet up all round it to ſhow how far it reaches. The pilgrims are clad in robes of humility and mortification, with their heads uncovered. They ſeem to be very much affected; for the tears flow down their cheeks, and they ſob and ſigh moſt bitterly, begging earneſtly for remiſſion of ſins, and promiſing to lead a new life. They continue here about four or five hours, and at half an hour after ſunſet they all deſcamp to perform a religious duty called Albam nomas. After this, they all receive the honourable title of badgees, which is conſecrated upon them by the imam or prieſt. This being pronounced, the trumpet ſounds, and they all return to Mecca.