RECORD OF THE BEARDS OF THE CHILDREN OF ADAM.

Muhammad Bin Esahâq says that Adam had no beard, and that Sheth was the first of his sons who had thus been adorned. Adam was of high stature, had curling ringlets, a brown complexion, and was distinguished by superior beauty from all other creatures in the world. There is a difference of opinion concerning the height of Adam’s body, but some of the Emâms have a tradition from the lord of prophecy [i.e. Muhammad] that he affirmed Adam’s stature to have been sixty cubits high; doctors of theology have augmented and diminished this number, but the edict of the Emâms is authentic, and the features of Eve perfectly resembled those of Adam.