When the Prophet approached Ṣafā, he recited:
﴿إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَآئِرِ اللَّهِ﴾ أَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللَّهُ بِهِ
Inna aṣ-ṣafā wa-l-marwata min shaʿāʾiri llāhi abdaʾu bimā badaʾa llāhu bih
Indeed, Ṣafā and Marwah are among the symbols of Allah. I begin with what Allah began with.
He climbed Ṣafā until he could see the Kaʿbah, faced the qiblah, and proclaimed Allah’s oneness and greatness:
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Lā ilāha illā llāhu, allāhu akbar
There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah. Allah is the Greatest.
He then said:
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ، أَنْجَزَ وَعْدَهُ، وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ، وَهَزَمَ الْأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ
Lā ilāha illā llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, lahu l-mulku walahu l-ḥamdu wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun, lā ilāha illā llāhu waḥdahu, anjaza waʿdahu, wa naṣara ʿabdahu, wa hazama l-ʾaḥzāba waḥdah
There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone, without partner. To Him belongs all dominion, and to Him belongs all praise. He has power over all things. There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone. He fulfilled His promise, supported His servant, and defeated the allied forces alone.
Then make a personal supplication between each recitation.
He made a personal supplication between repetitions and repeated the remembrance three times. At Marwah, he repeated the same sequence of remembrance and personal supplication.
