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by Mark Towfiq
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Unfolding Destiny
Pages 461-462
 

Letter of 6 March 1955
 
1

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.

 
2

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.

 
3

Whatever happened, we Bahá'ís must follow the words in our own Scriptures as being the most authentic.

 
4

In the Tablet of the Holy Mariner, the Youth means Bahá'u'lláh, Himself.