al-Hakam bin 'Abdul Malik الحكم بن عبد الملك القرشي · Chapters on Tafsir

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."