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Unfolding Destiny
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Pages 461-462
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Letter of 6 March 1955
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As regards the questions you have asked, as Bahá'u'lláh says
categorically that God commanded Abraham to offer up Ismá'íl,
as far as we are concerned, it is Ismá'íl who was the intended
sacrifice.
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In view of the great antiquity of Genesis, it is quite possible
that at some period the names were changed, and the error was
propagated.
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Whatever happened, we Bahá'ís must follow the words in our
own Scriptures as being the most authentic.
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In the Tablet of the Holy Mariner, the Youth means
Bahá'u'lláh, Himself.
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