and it may refer to Allah Most High. These are three possible approaches.

The first approach is to take this pronoun as referring to neither Adam nor Allah Most High. On this understanding, there are two interpretations of the report.

The first is that whoever says to another person, “May Allah make your face ugly, and the face of anyone whose face resembles yours,” thereby insults Adam (peace be upon him). Since the human form is the same as Adam’s form, saying, “May Allah make your face ugly, and the face of anyone whose face resembles yours,” constitutes an insult to Adam and all the prophets (peace be upon them). This is impermissible, and hence the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) forbade it. Adam was singled out for mention because he (peace be upon him) was created in this form from the outset.

The second is that the intent is to refute those who say that Adam had a different form, such as the claim that he had an enormous body and was so tall that his head was close to heaven. Thus, the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) pointed to