Rather, it means that He, glorified is He, is manifest through His Essence, yet He is perceived like unto the genre of His created beings from the side of His created beings themselves—the cause residing within them, not within His Sublime Essence. This is exactly as the Allamah, Sheikh Sulayman al-Ahmad, Allah sanctified his secret, said:

"Verily, all fluctuating conditions, diverse attributes, and transient states stem entirely from the darkness of the eyes of the onlookers toward Him—just as the image we perceive reflected in water stems from the side of the onlooker, not from the side of the water."

Thus, the manifestation of homogeneity was a mercy, a subtle grace, and a source of comfort for the believers, while simultaneously serving as a stratagem (makran) and a concealment (talbīsan) overriding the disbelievers. For He is manifest to His allies, yet veiled from His enemies.

Furthermore, His being veiled from His denying enemies does not mean there is a physical, drawn curtain draped between them and the Essence that prevents them from visually perceiving it. Rather, the veil is the barrier of their own darkness, density, and denial, which has prevented them from following the Truth,