Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 5725
Arabic hadith text
عَن أبي رزين قَالَ: قلت: يَا رَسُول الله أَيْن رَبُّنَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقَهُ؟ قَالَ: «كَانَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا تَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَمَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَخَلَقَ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: قَالَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ: الْعَمَاءُ: أَيْ لَيْسَ مَعَه شَيْء
Translation
Abu Razin said: I asked, ‘Messenger of God, where was our Lord before He created creation?’ He replied, ‘He was in al-‘ama’, with air beneath it and air above it, and He created His Throne upon the water.’ Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it. Yazid ibn Harun said: ‘Al-‘ama’ means that nothing was with Him.’