Quraysh and those who followed their religion used to stand at Muzdalifa, and they were called the Hums, while the rest of the Arabs would stand at Arafah. When Islam came, Allah the Exalted commanded His Prophet ﷺ to go to Arafat, stand there, and then proceed from it. That is the meaning of His statement, "Then depart from where the people depart" [Baqarah 2:199].
حدثنا هناد عن أبي معاوية عن هشام بن عروة عن أبيه
كانت قريش ومن دان دينها يقفون بالمزدلفة وكانوا يسمون الحمس وكان سائر العرب يقفون بعرفة قالت فلما جاء الإسلام أمر الله تعالى نبيه ﷺ أن يأتي عرفات فيقف بها ثم يفيض منها فذلك قوله تعالى {ثم أفيضوا من حيث أفاض الناس}
Reported by Muslim in Hajj, chapter, "On standing at Arafat and the words of Allah Most High, 'Then depart from the place from which the people depart'," hadith 1219, from the hadith of Abu Muawiya Dareer, and by Bukhari in tafsir, chapter, "Then depart from the place from which the people depart," hadith 4520, from the hadith of Hisham bin Urwa, through the same chain.