Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَكَّلَ بِالرَّحِمِ مَلَكًا قَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ أَيْ رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ أَيْ رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ فَإِذَا قَضَى الرَّبُّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَلْقَهَا قَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ أَشَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ ذَكَرًا أَوْ أُنْثَى فَمَا الرِّزْقُ وَمَا الْأَجَلُ قَالَ فَيَكْتُبُ كَذَلِكَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ بِمَكَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ أَبُو مُعَاذٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us: 'Ubaydullah ibn Abi Bakr narrated to us, from Anas, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Allah, Mighty and Majestic, appoints an angel over the womb, who says, 'O Lord, a sperm-drop; O Lord, a clot; O Lord, a lump of flesh.' Then when the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, decides to complete its creation, [the angel] says, 'O Lord, is it male or female; wretched or blessed; and what is its provision, and what is its term of life?' So it is written thus while it is in its mother's womb." Also: Yahya ibn Ayyub narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us in Makkah: 'Ubaydullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Anas, Abu Mu'adh, narrated to us, from Anas, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, similarly.