Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 76

Arabic hadith text

عَن أنس بن مَالك يَقُولَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَنْ يَبْرَحَ النَّاسُ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا هَذَا الله خَالق كل شَيْء فَمن خلق الله» . رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ. وَلِمُسْلِمٍ: " قَالَ: قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجل: إِن أمتك لَا يزالون يَقُولُونَ: مَا كَذَا؟ مَا كَذَا؟ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: هَذَا اللَّهُ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجل؟ "

Translation

Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of God said, “People will keep questioning until they say, ‘God is the Creator of everything, so who created God?’” Bukhari transmitted it.

Muslim’s version has: “God, mighty and exalted, said: ‘Your community will continue asking, “What is this? What is that?” until they say, “God created creation, so who created God, mighty and exalted?”’”