"As to the question raised by the Racine Assembly in connection with
Baha'u'llah's statement in the Gleanings concerning the sacrifice of
I_sh_mael; although His statement does not agree with that made in the
Bible, Genesis 12:9, the friends should unhesitatingly, and for reasons
that are only too obvious, give precedence to the sayings of Baha'u'llah
which, it would be pointed out, is fully corroborated by the Qur'an, which
book is more authentic than the Bible, including both the New and Old
Testaments. The Bible is not wholly authentic, and in this respect not to
be compared with the Qur'an, and should be wholly subordinated to the
authentic Sayings of Baha'u'llah."