Gleanings — Paragraph 325
Source (Arabic)
معدوم و فانی شوند حال اگر گفته شود او بصر است او مقدّس از بصر است چه که بصر باو ظاهر و بوجود او قائم و اگر بگوئی سمع است مشاهده میشود که سمع بتوجّه باو مذکور و کذلک دون آن از کلّ ما یجری
Translation
It would be wholly untrue to maintain that this faculty is the same as the power of vision, inasmuch as the power of vision is derived from it and acteth in dependence upon it. It would, likewise, be idle to contend that this faculty can be identified with the sense of hearing, as the sense of hearing receiveth from the rational faculty the requisite energy for performing its functions.