Mukhtasar Bukhari (Abridged) 1349 — Allah’s statement: He creates

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates in one narration that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah was, and there was nothing besides Him, and His Throne was upon the water, and He wrote everything in the Preserved Tablet, and He created the heavens and the earth...." Then a man called out, "O Ibn Husain! Your she-camel has gotten loose," so I went away, but the she-camel had gone beyond the mirage (that sand which shines like water in the sunlight). By Allah, I wished that I had left the she-camel and not gotten up from there.