Among the references to this is what Sheikh Ibrahim al-Tusi—may Allah the Exalted sanctify him—said in his 'Ayniyya poem:

Likewise, the Tree from which he [Adam] was forbidden to eat

Is from the sciences of the Opposite, against which are prohibitions.

Regarding it, the "Mim" [the Prophet] forbade him by the command of a Mighty One

Saying: "Do not approach it, for it is the most worthless of goods."

And al-Sayyid al-Bazzaz al-Mawsili—may Allah sanctify him—said regarding this meaning in verse:

He asked: "You have clarified this for me, so who then Is Adam? And who is the one who forbade him from eating of the Tree?"

I said: "The one informed, Zayd bin Harith

He is Adam, as he was in the beginning of the warning."

And the Adam of the 'Mim' [the Prophet] is the forbidder

He is the one who forbade him from eating of the Tree.

And the Tree is the knowledge of the Accursed One—His Opposite

He forbade him from ever approaching it throughout the ages.

The trustworthy youth, Abu Sa‘id Maymun bin al-Qasim al-Tabarani—may Allah sanctify him—stated in the third chapter of the