The Prophet [Muhammad] —may the blessings of God and His
salutations be upon Him—is stated to have said: “In Akká are works of
supererogation and acts which are beneficial, which God vouchsafed specially
unto whomsoever He pleaseth. And he that saith in Akká: ‘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 will forgive
him his transgressions. And whoso saith in Akká: ‘I beg forgiveness of God,’
God will forgive all his trespasses. And he that remembereth God in Akká at
morn and at eventide, in the night-season and at dawn, is better in the sight
of God than he who beareth swords, spears and arms in the path of God—exalted
be He!”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
