Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ وَكِيعِ بْنِ عُدُسٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ كَانَ رَبُّنَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ كَانَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا تَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَمَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ.
English Translation
Yazid ibn Harun told us: Hammad ibn Salama informed us, from Ya'la ibn Ata', from Waki' ibn Udus, from his uncle Abu Razin, who said: I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, where was our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, before He created His creation?' He said, 'He was in a cloud, with no air beneath it and no air above it, then He created His Throne upon the water.'