[1] Reply: The particles did not have the eyes, when they said: أَ لَسْتُ, as per many Ahadith, also seeing Allah -azwj with eyes is impossible as per many Ahadith, there is some recording error in this Hadith as it does not clarify who they did they see/visualise Allah -azwj . The above Hadith is also contrary to the Holy Quran and other Ahadith of Masomeen -asws so we have to return it to its source.
For example: Visions cannot comprehend Him [6:103], فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ حِينَ عَبَدْتَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ وَيْلَكَ مَا كُنْتُ أَعْبُدُ رَبّاً لَمْ أَرَهُ قَالَ وَ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَهُ قَالَ وَيْلَكَ لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْعُيُونُ فِي مُشَاهَدَةِ الْأَبْصَارِ وَ لَكِنْ رَأَتْهُ الْقُلُوبُ بِحَقَائِقِ الْإِيمَانِ . He (a companion) said, ‘O Amir Al- Momin een – asws !
Do you – asws see your asws Lord – azwj when you – asws worship Him – azwj ?’ So he – asws said: ‘Woe be unto you! I – asws have never worshipped a Lord – azwj I – asws do not see’. He said, ‘And how do you – asws see Him – azwj ?’ He – asws said: ‘Woe be unto you! The eyes cannot envisage Him – azwj in the viewing of the sights. But, the hearts see Him – azwj by the realities of the Eman ’ .
📌[2] Note: Some people don’t have the eye-vision, either by birth or due to illness/accident so they lose vision at some stage, so how will they see their Lord? But the eyes of the Qulb (heart) are open for everyone (unless one commits Kufr-disbelief, as per Ahadith there are two eyes in the face and two eyes in the Qulb – the eyes in the Qulb remain open for the believers but are shut for the disbelievers.
(Imam -asws says) By Allah -azwj ! You sleep upon your beds and there is the Reward for you of the Holy Warriors (Al-Mujahideen). By Allah -azwj ! You are in your Prayers, and there is for you the Reward of the being in the rows of His -azwj Way. By Allah -azwj !