acknowledging it, and validating it—not from physical sight via the eyes. This is exactly as He, the Exalted, said: {For indeed, it is not the eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.} 1
For the Creator is manifest through His Essence to everyone, yet the vision of Him differs from one person to another. Thus, no two individuals are equal in their vision of Him; no one perceives Him except according to his own condition, and no onlooker witnesses Him except according to his own attribute. The onlooker looks upon the Sublime Essence but perceives it contrary to what it actually is—the cause residing within the onlooker, not within the One looked upon. There is no defect within Him that diminishes Him; rather, the defect lies entirely within the blind party.
If the bat cannot see the sun in the middle of the day, this does not mean that the sun is hidden from it, or that a barrier intervenes between the two. Rather, the defect resides within its own deficient, weak sight, which is incapable of perceiving the sun shining with its brilliant light.