TABLET OF THE SACRED NIGHT, PART II 
Praise be to Thee, my Beloved.
I ask Thee by Thy hidden Name,
then by Thy concealed description
and Thine impregnable mystery,
not to deprive them of the billowing seas of Thy unicity.
Bring them aboard, O my Destiny$, the ship of Thy Grandeur,
nor deprive them, O my Desire, of that which is with Thee.
Then reveal to them what will
soothe their breasts,
delight their hearts,
render their souls upright,
cause their tongues to speak forth,
cause their hearts to soar,
solace their eyes,
give hearing to their ears,
and endue their yearning with ardent passion,
that they might be attracted
by the breezes of Thy glorious verses,
to which none hath attained save those
whom Thou didst single out
for the mystical knowledge of Thy Self;
whom Thou didst select to receive
the treasures of Thy resplendent Unity;
whom Thou didst advance in order to make manifest
Thy Cause and Thy sovereignty;
whom Thou didst render the dawning-point
of Thy Being in Thy lands,
the rising-place of Thine eternity among Thy creatures
and the manifestation of Thy divinity between Thy heaven and Thy
earth.
Thou art, verily, Powerful to do as Thou desirest
and Exalted in accomplishing Thy will.
None can resist Thy command or repulse Thy decree.
Thou doest what Thou willest by Thine authority
and decreest what Thou desirest by Thy seal.
Verily, Thou art the All-Seeing, the Omniscient, the Giving,
the Bestower, the Beloved, the Gracious.
Then bless, O my God, those who have
believed in Thee, and in Thy signs
and in Thy Beauty that gleameth forth
between Thy earth and Thy heaven.
Then sever them, O my God, from all besides Thee,
and entice them to the court of Thy Grandeur.
Verily, Thou art the Forgiving, the Loving, the Reviver,
the Resuscitator, the Mighty, the All-Conquering, the Omnipotent.
Praise be to Thee, O my god.
I beseech Thee by Thy Name whereby the oceans of Thy names
have swelled in the realm of Thine attributes,
so that the sun of Thy decree might appear in the East
above the horizon of Thy judgment;
and whereby the moon of Thy Plan hath striven to rise above
the horizon of the realm of Thy command,
to gather these persons together, O my Beloved,
under the shade of the tree of Thy Oneness.
Then nourish them, O my God, in secret
with the wonders of the favor bestowed by Thy uniqueness;
that they may taste thereof,
just as they sought aid publicly
from the wonders of the bounties of Thy divinity.
Then send down upon their hearts, O my Beloved,
what will purify them from all else save Thee
and bring them nigh unto the hidden sanctuary
of Thy good-pleasure and the source of Thy Will,
that they might not speak save with love for Thee
nor draw a breath save with devotion to Thee
nor turn their faces toward any direction
save the realm of Thy compassion and generosity,
nor raise their hands save toward the heaven of Thy glory and
nobility,
nor open their eyes save to the marvels
of the effulgence of the lights of Thy joy.
Yes, my Beloved: give them to drink of the cup of life
from the hand of this Youth in this garden,
that they may be severed from the temple of Satan
and be agreed upon Thy Cause in these times,
and may make mention of Thee at eventide and sunrise
in the shade of Thy grace, O Benefactor,
O Revealer of the Bayan and Aspect of the All-Praised
and Creator of the contingent world.
Then I beseech Thee, O my Beloved,
to remove all contention from among them,
and clothe them in the garment of Thy loving-kindness
and the robe of Thy kindness,
in such wise that they shall not speak
save of the wonders of the tokens of Thy Self-subsistence,
nor shall there waft from them anything save that by which
contingent beings will be guided to the court of Thy love,
that they might ascend into the atmosphere of nearness to Thy
Unity
and soar into the expanse of Thy sacred uniqueness;
and that they might thereby be united in the precincts of Thy
mercy,
becoming as one soul before the cities+ of Thy Grandeur.
Then I beseech Thee, O my God,
to cleanse their hearts from the grime of contingent things,
and the dust of beings
so that the mirrors of their hearts might be polished
and therein can be reflected the marvels
of the light of Thy scintillating Beauty.
Verily, Thou art the Giving, the Unshakeable, the Omniscient,
and Thou art Powerful over all things.