Jami' al-Tirmidhi Chapters on Tafsir Abu Zara' al-Razi أبو زرعة الرازي al-Fadl bin Abi Talb Akhw الفضل بن أبي طالب al-Hakam bin 'Abdul Malik الحكم بن عبد الملك القرشي al-Hasan bin Bashr bin Slm الحسن بن بشر بن سلم Imran bin Husain Qatada قتادة from his uncle Abu Razin who said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Where was our Lord before He created His creation?’ He said: ‘He was (above) the clouds – no air was under him, no air was above him, and He created His Throne upon the water.'” Ahmad said: “Yazid bin Harun said (regarding) the air – ‘It means there was nothing with him.” https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-3109/