"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, where was our Lord before He created His creation?' He said: He was above the clouds, below which was air, and above which was air and water. Then He created His Throne above the water.'"  

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ كَانَ رَبُّنَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ كَانَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا تَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَمَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْعَرْشَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ  

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, where was our Lord before He created His creation?' He said: He was above the clouds, below which was air, and above which was air and water. Then He created His Throne above the water.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 182)  

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيْنَ كَانَ رَبُّنَا ﷻ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقَهُ؟ قَالَ كَانَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا تَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَمَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ  

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, where was our Lord before He created His creation?' He said: He was above the clouds, below which was air, and above which was air and water. Then He created His Throne above the water.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 182)   

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيْنَ كَانَ رَبُّنَا ﷻ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ؟ قَالَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَمَا تَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ  

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, where was our Lord before He created the heavens and the earth?" He said, "He was in a darkness, below which is air, and above which is air. Then He created His throne upon the water."  

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيْنَ كَانَ رَبُّنَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ؟ قَالَ «كَانَ فِي عَمَاءٍ مَا تَحْتَهُ هَوَاءٌ وَمَا فَوْقَهُ هَوَاءٌ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ»