Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا بَنِي تَمِيمٍ قَالَ قَالُوا قَدْ بَشَّرْتَنَا فَأَعْطِنَا قَالَ اقْبَلُوا الْبُشْرَى يَا أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ قَالَ قُلْنَا قَدْ قَبِلْنَا فَأَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ أَوَّلِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ كَيْفَ كَانَ قَالَ كَانَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ وَكَتَبَ فِي اللَّوْحِ ذِكْرَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَالَ وَأَتَانِي آتٍ فَقَالَ يَا عِمْرَانُ انْحَلَّتْ نَاقَتُكَ مِنْ عِقَالِهَا قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا السَّرَابُ يَنْقَطِعُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهَا قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فِي أَثَرِهَا فَلَا أَدْرِي مَا كَانَ بَعْدِي.
English Translation
Abu Muawiyah narrated to us, al-Amash narrated to us, from Jami ibn Shaddad, from Safwan ibn Muhriz, from Imran ibn Husayn, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'Accept the glad tidings, O Banu Tamim.' They said: 'You have given us glad tidings, so give us something.' He said: 'Accept the glad tidings, O people of Yemen.' We said: 'We accept, so tell us about the beginning of this matter — how was it?' He said: 'Allah, Blessed and Exalted, existed before everything, and His Throne was upon the water. He wrote in the Tablet a record of everything.' He said: Then someone came to me and said: 'O Imran, your camel has broken loose from its tether.' I went out and the mirage was cutting between me and it. I went in pursuit of it, and I do not know what was said after that.