e shore of the sea is a city, suspended beneath the Throne, and
named Akka. He that dwelleth therein, firm and expecting a reward from
God--exalted be He--God will write down for him, until the Day of
Resurrection, the recompense of such as have been patient, and have stood
up, and knelt down, and prostrated themselves, before Him.'"

And He--may the blessings of God and His salutations be upon Him--hath said:
"I announce unto you a city, on the shores of the sea, white, whose
whiteness is pleasing unto God--exalted be He! It is called Akka. He that
hath been bitten by one of its fleas is better, in the estimation of God,
than he who hath received a grievous blow in the path of God. And he that
raiseth therein the call to prayer, his voice will be lifted up unto
Paradise. And he that remaineth therein for seven days in the face of the
enemy, God will gather him with _Kh_idr--peace be upon Him--and God will
protect him from the most great terror on the Day of Resurrection." And
He--may the blessings of God,--exalted be He--and His salutations be upon
Him--hath said: "There are kings and princes in Paradise. The poor of Akka
are the kings of Paradise and the princes thereof. A month in Akka is
better than a thousand years elsewhere."

The Apostle of God--may the blessings of God and His salutations be upon
Him--is reported to have said: "Blessed the man that hath visited Akka, and
blessed he that hath visited the visitor of Akka. Blessed the one that
hath drunk from the Spring of the Cow and washed in its waters, for the
black-eyed damsels quaff the camphor in Paradise, which hath come from the
Spring of the Cow, and from the Spring of Salvan (Siloam), and the Well of
Zamzam. Well is it with him that hath drunk from these springs, and washed
in their waters, for God hath forbidden the fire of hell to touch him and
his body on the Day of Resurrection."

The Prophet--may the blessings of God and His salutations be upon Him--is
stated to have said: "In Akka are works of supererogation and acts which
are beneficial, which God vouchsafed specially unto whomsoever He
pleaseth. And he that saith in Akka: 'Glorified be God, and praise be unto
God, and there is none other God but God, and most great is God, and there
is no power nor strength except in God, the Exalted, the Mighty,' God will
write down for him a thousand good deeds, and blot out from him a thousand
evil deeds, and will uplift him a thousand grades in Paradise, and