Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَصْدَقُ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَهَا الشَّاعِرُ أَلَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا خَلَا اللَّهَ بَاطِلُ وَكَادَ أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ.
English Translation
Abu Nu'aym narrated to us, he said: Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said: "The most truthful word a poet ever spoke is: 'Indeed, everything other than Allah is false.' And Umayyah ibn Abi al-Salt was close to accepting Islam."